Are Asian Americans the Last Undecided Voters?

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Are Asian Americans the Last Undecided Voters?
The political interests of such a diverse population can be hard to target, but several groups think they’ve found a way.

By Hua Hsu The New Yorker

October 26, 2020

...You can claim heritage from any of twenty-plus nations, speak any of about as many languages, trace your roots in America back hundreds of years or just a few months, and still find room under the umbrella of the Asian American identity. The community’s diversity reflects the fact that “Asia” describes a region with roughly sixty per cent of the world’s population. The median income of Asian American households is around ninety-eight thousand dollars—nearly thirty thousand dollars more than the American median. Yet eight of the nineteen largest Asian groups have higher poverty rates than the national average. Their histories in the U.S. vary widely. Nearly three-quarters of the Japanese American population was born here—the highest percentage among Asian groups. In contrast, one of the fastest-growing groups is Bhutanese Americans, more than ninety per cent of whom are foreign-born...

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/02/are-asian-americans-the-last-undecided-voters

Interesting discussion of the diversity in the US Asian-American community and the implications and potential for this campaign season and the future. I tried not to get discouraged by the apparent focus on conservative politics at the beginning. I liked the description of the networks in communities of Asian Americans and the effective use of those networks in political campaigns or to affect government policy.