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Harris sees boost in numbers from Asian American voters

A new poll shows more Asian American and Pacific Islander voters prefer Kamala Harris over Donald Trump.

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<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qBrwcE0JqEM?&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>New polling numbers for Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris have been released by AAPI Data and APIA Vote and her supporters are welcoming the good news. The poll suggested that 66 percent of Asian American voters plan to vote for Harris, compared to 28 percent for Republican candidate former President Donald Trump. “What we are seeing is that earlier this year, the Filipino community was behind Biden only by 40 percent of the electorate,&quot; APIA Vote&#x27;s executive director Christine Chen said. &quot;And now 68 percent of Filipino voters are looking to back Harris.” Chen attributed the rise in support for Harris among Asian voters to better outreach. “Forty-two percent of our community base of voters said that they were never contacted by the Democrats or the Republicans,&quot; she said. &quot;Since then, we&#x27;ve actually seen an increase. We&#x27;re seeing the Democrats reaching about 45 percent; now they&#x27;re reaching 62 percent of our electorate. Republicans have only gone from 38 to 47 percent.” Chen also said efforts by the Harris campaign are paying off. “We&#x27;ve seen an influx of affinity groups being created,&quot; she said. &quot;Over a dozen different affinity groups are being organized, and these are just volunteer-based organizations that are not even officially affiliated with the campaign.&quot;The APIA Vote official added: &quot;We&#x27;re not necessarily seeing that on the Republican side. We haven&#x27;t seen this type of organizing or investment from the Trump campaign so far.” But Filipino-American Lisa Zambales Noeth, an organizing member of Asian Americans for Trump, disagrees. “There are different groups around the country,&quot; she said. There are a bunch of different Asian American community groups that are conservative, having multilingual outreach to undecided voters.” In recent elections, Asian American voters have been a vital part of the Democratic coalition. Chen pointed out that candidates are winning their elections by narrow margins, and sizable AAPI populations can truly make a difference. Noeth, however, is confident Trump will win back the White House. “With Gen Z Filipino voters, I&#x27;m seeing that the tide is moving towards President Trump,&quot; she said. &quot;I&#x27;m not worried about it. I know that the silent majority is going to come out and vote, especially within the Filipino community.” Despite the favorable support for Harris from the APIA Vote survey, new polling shows Harris and Trump virtually tied in key battleground states just weeks before Election Day.

A new poll shows more Asian American and Pacific Islander voters prefer Kamala Harris over Donald Trump.

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Harris sees boost in numbers from Asian American voters

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Lenn Almadin Thornhill | TFC News Georgia

Published October 05, 2024 09:48 PM PHT

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