The new power of Asian-American voters

 NBC - Asian Americans have emerged as a coveted voting bloc in the 2024 election, with both parties recognizing their power to decide the presidency and other competitive races. Asian American voter turnout spiked in 2020, surprising many political observers, and proved crucial to President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. In battleground Georgia, Asian American turnout jumped by a startling 84% from the previous presidential election...Now, with the next campaign underway, the political power of this voting bloc has sunk in. The national committees for Democrats and Republicans say they’re launching unprecedented investments to court Asian American and Pacific Islander voters.

The once-overlooked demographic has eclipsed Latinos as the fastest growing in the United States. Between 2016 and 2020, Asian American voter turnout jumped from 49% to 59%, the largest increase of any racial or ethnic group, according to Census Bureau figures. Biden won them by a blowout margin of 72% to 28%, according to the Pew Research Center. The turnout boost proved crucial in such swing states as Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, with Asian American and Pacific Islander voters propelling Biden and making Donald Trump a one-term president.