Asian American voters prioritize candidates’ policy positions over their racial identity
97% of Asian Americans registered to vote say a candidate’s policy positions are more important than their race or ethnicity when deciding whom to vote for.
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97% of Asian Americans registered to vote say a candidate’s policy positions are more important than their race or ethnicity when deciding whom to vote for.
A quarter of voting members of the U.S. Congress identify their race or ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic White.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to limit affirmative action in higher education is likely to have the biggest impact on a relatively small group of schools.
Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over roughly the past two decades and since 2020.
32% of Black adults said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity.
Black workers account for about 13% of all U.S. workers, including those who work full time, part time and are self-employed.
An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
53% of U.S. adults say people overlooking racial discrimination is a bigger problem than people seeing it where it really didn’t exist.
63% of Americans are pessimistic about the country’s moral and ethical standards, and 59% are pessimistic about its education system.
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