Harris has South Asian American voters in swing state Georgia fired up

Kamala Harris has Indian American voters in swing state Georgia volunteering and donating this election cycle.

ATLANTA — Indian American voters in Georgia are charged up, volunteering and donating this election cycle.

The reason is simple: Vice President Kamala Harris is set to make history Thursday night as the first South Asian American and Black woman to accept a major party’s presidential nomination in the U.S.

And she’s not the only Indian American to rise to national prominence in American politics in 2024. Both Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy both ran for the Republican nomination, and now Usha Vance, wife of Sen. JD Vance, of Ohio, the GOP vice presidential nominee, could be the next second lady.

In swing state Georgia, which President Joe Biden won in 2020 by just 12,000 votes, Asian American turnout has been growing faster than any other group. And their recent representation in American politics has many Indian American voters extra excited.

The Indian American voter turnout rate has always been high, at 71% in 2020, according to an analysis conducted by AAPI Data. For many, however, that’s where their political engagement ended. This election cycle, many organizers and leaders of groups like Post March Salon and South Asian Women for Harris say they’ve seen a surge in Indian Americans looking to volunteer or donate money.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/harris-south-asian-american-voters-georgia-rcna167809

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