Many new voters were attracted to the presidential race because it grew so big in American culture. But it also means they won’t be a guarantee to Democrats during Georgia’s two critical U.S. Senate terms in January, in which the upper chamber’s governance is in balance.
“People are like, ‘What is it?’ “said Cam Ashling, 40, a Democratic activist, referring to the responses from new voters when he raised the course, which he called a” huge upward battle. “
He added: “We have to really try to make Georgia blue. Not solid. “
As a national group, Asian-Americans prefer Democrats, but this masks deep differences by ethnic origin and generation. AAPI Data, a data analysis firm focusing on Asian-Americans, found that many Vietnamese immigrant voters, for example, are Republicans, but very few Bangladeshi voters. And American-born Vietnamese voters are less inclined toward Republicans than their foreign-born parents.
Two-thirds of Asian-American voters eligible to vote in 2018 were localized citizens, according to Pew, the highest rate among major racial or ethnic groups.
“I want to be a Republican, but now I’m just crazy,” said Jae Song, 50, an IT professional who took lunch at the Vietnam Pho Noodle House in Duluth, an upscale town in Gwinnett County that is 24 years old. percent Asian American. Mr. Song, a Korean immigrant, said he loves Trump on the farm but hates the coronavirus. Her daughter in New York had racist slanders. But he said he was also confused by the Democrats ’priorities.
He had heard a lot about the phrase “black lives matter” and he understood that. But it also forced him to say, “What about us?”
According to surveys, a significant increase in Asian-American votes is expected this year, following a jump following the expansion of the group’s population in the state. About 2.5 percent of Georgian voters were Asian-American this year, up from 1.6 percent in 2016.
