88% of Asian Americans in California plan to vote, but half aren’t being contacted, they say
88% of Asian Americans in California plan to vote but half aren’t being contacted, a new report from AAPI Data shows
In California, the state with the most Asian American residents, 88% of that demographic say they plan to vote in the coming election — but around half say they haven’t been contacted by either the Democratic or Republican parties.
Experts say that for the fastest-growing voter group in the U.S., in a state that is home to roughly one-third of the Asian American electorate, that discrepancy shouldn’t exist.
“We’re reaching a point, especially in a state like California, where parties and campaigns, including these ballot proposition campaigns, are running out of excuses,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder of the nonprofit research organization AAPI Data. The group released the survey last week with two other nonprofit organizations, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Education Fund and Asian American Futures.
The survey authors interviewed 1,253 Asian Americans across six of the largest Asian ethnic groups in California. The survey was conducted online and over the phone in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Vietnamese from April 4 to May 26.
Fifty-one percent of Asian American voters in California said they didn’t hear from the Democratic Party, while 59% said they were not contacted by the Republican Party, according to the survey.
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