The Asian American population has boomed in Nevada over the past three decades, and Republican and Democratic leaders are devoting a lot of time and effort to reaching those voters
The Chinatown district within sight of the Strip in Las Vegas, Oct. 22, 2022.
Nationwide, Asian Americans now comprise about 5.5% of the eligible voter population, according to the Pew Research Center, nearly twice their share in 2000. Asian American turnout surged nationally in 2020, up by about 40% compared with the 2016 election — the largest increase for any racial or ethnic group. In Nevada, the increase was nearly 45%.
In Nevada and elsewhere, Republicans are trying to appeal to Asian American voters on the issues of public safety and affirmative action. They say President Joe Biden is to blame for rising crime. And they are trying to argue that Democratic social justice policies are reducing Asian Americans’ access to top schools.
Christine Chen, executive director of APIAVote, a nonpartisan nonprofit that helps conduct the survey, said that the shifts reflected the increasing diversity of the fast-growing voting bloc as well as a tendency for Asian American voters to be less moored to one party than other voters are. Churches, temples and cultural groups for Asians have proliferated. Many Asian Americans are members of the powerful Culinary Workers Union and the Service Employees International Union.
Tuan Pham, a community leader who is registered as an independent, said that Republicans were lagging behind Democrats in their consistency and commitment to Asian American outreach. He said he thought that Republicans could be holding more get-out-the-vote events and making more effort to develop young leaders.
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