Harris has spurred a gender gap among Asian American voters for the first time in polling history
Sumati Thomas, 42, has always leaned left, but struggling with fertility and requiring emergency reproductive care sealed the deal for her. The Mississippi resident and mother, who is Black and Indian American, will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris next week.
Sumati Thomas, 42, has always leaned left, but struggling with fertility and requiring emergency reproductive care sealed the deal for her. The Mississippi resident and mother, who is Black and Indian American, will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris next week.
“I had to use IVF to have my youngest and so the thought that that possibly cannot be an option for many families is really devastating,” she said. “I’m hoping that with a Harris presidency, she can help work with Congress to bring Roe back.”
Thomas is part of a growing cohort of Asian American women whose support for the vice president has skyrocketed, creating a gender gap between Asian voters for the first time in the history of polling the racial group. Before Harris took over the Democratic ticket, Asian men and women supported President Joe Biden at 46% and 47% respectively, according to a report from AAPI Data released last month.
After Harris became the nominee, support from Asian American women jumped to 72%. Support from Asian American men also increased, but not as drastically, sitting now at 59%.
“In prior years, gender has played a very small and insignificant role, but this year, it’s playing a bigger role,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder of AAPI Data. “How we interpret the data is that it’s more about what attracts women to Harris.”
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