Democrats Ignore Asian American and Pacific Islander Voters at Their Peril

September 9, 2019

Election official Henry Tung displays a sheet of “I Voted” stickers in various languages at a polling station at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, on November 6, 2012 in California, as Americans flock to the polls nationwide to decide between President Barack Obama, his Rebuplican challenger Mitt Romney, and a wide range of other issues. Monterey Park is one of six cities in California’s 49th Assembly District, the state’s first legislative district where Asian-Americans make up the majority of the population. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have struggled to achieve national visibility as a political population for many decades. Now the AAPI population stands at around 5 percent and is achieving increasing visibility. Will the 2020 election finally be the moment when presidential candidates and other national political figures put AAPIs into the foreground?

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/460357-democrats-ignore-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-voters-at-their-peril

ASIANAMERICANS

NOW

Democrats Ignore Asian American and Pacific Islander Voters at Their Peril

Like this:

seemorecontent

USPS to Release Stamps Honoring Asian Americans and Lunar New Year

Kamala Harris’s ascent is a win for Asian Americans. So why do I feel so ambivalent?

“I Am Not Your Scapegoat”: Artworks Denounce Increasing Anti-Asian Bigotry

Appeals court rules in favor of Harvard in affirmative action case, paving way for Supreme Court challenge

Adrian Tam defeats local Proud Boys leader, becomes 1st gay Asian American in Hawaii House

INFORMATION

SOCIAL

Democrats Ignore Asian American and Pacific Islander Voters at Their Peril

Share this:

Like this:

seemorecontent