Professor Janelle Wong Interviewed on the Growing Power of the Asian American Vote

Asian American Studies Professor, Dr. Janelle Wong, is interviewed by Capital & Main in an article titled “Harnessing the Asian American Vote”.

Many people are trying to figure out if the Asian American community is going to matter or not electorally. Did they matter or not in 2020? Georgia is a good case study. Early votes alone cast by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders exceeded the narrow vote margin that decided the race for Biden.

That’s huge and deserves attention because those numbers of new voters, if you capture them, can make the difference in an election. Did they make the difference this time? They certainly contributed to the Biden win. There’s no doubt about that. Did they account for the full margin? Probably not.

We’re right on the precipice of really having an impact. Asian Americans are about 4% of the entire electorate, and we’re also mostly concentrated outside of electoral swing districts. Yet, Asian Americans are also the fastest-growing group in some battleground states like Georgia.

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