Interview: Why Indian Americans have moved slightly towards the Republicans
The change is driven by more than rising incomes, says Milan Vaishnav, one of the authors of a recent survey report on the community’s attitudes.
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The United States presidential election is heating up with Democratic Party candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, who represents the Republican Party, standing neck-and-neck in the latest opinion polls.
The polling will take place on November 5 and the counting of votes will begin immediately after voting concludes.
In an election that could possibly end in a photo finish, the 5.2 million persons of Indian origin residing in the United States, who now make up the country’s second-largest immigrant group, are expected to play a crucial role.
In its “Indian Americans at the Ballot Box” survey report released on October 28, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace found that Indian Americans continue to overwhelmingly support the Democratic Party. About 61% of the voters from the community said that they plan to cast ballots in favour of Harris, the survey showed.
However, there is more to these numbers. The Washington-based think tank also captured in its survey a slight shift of the Indian American community towards the Republican Party.
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