Atlanta, GA, October 11, 2024: Per AAPI Data, Georgia is home to about 328,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander eligible voters – a substantial number given how Harris and Trump are locked in an exceedingly close presidential race. The numbers offer opportunities for both political parties with markedly different outreach efforts from Democrats and Republicans.
With the surge in AAPI voter base, growing influence of Indian Americans in the American political landscape is also quite evident. While Indian Americans constitute 0.6% of the adult citizen population in the United States, they make up nearly double that proportion in the U.S. House of Representatives. About 4.4% of senior positions in government are filled by Indian Americans, according to a recent report by San Francisco-based Indiaspora.
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