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.
Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over roughly the past two decades and since 2020.
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.
About six-in-ten Asian American registered voters are Democrats or lean Democratic, but 51% of Vietnamese American voters tilt Republican.
Among White Americans, worship service attendance remains highly correlated with presidential vote choice.
Some 6.2 million U.S. adults – or 2.4% of the country’s adult population – report being two or more races.
Latino voters are less likely than all U.S. voters to say they are extremely motivated to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.
Black voters were more likely to say the 2020 election was administered very well both nationally and locally.
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