Political shifts in Nevada’s growing Asian population paint a conflicting message about the swing state’s pivotal role in the upcoming presidential election.
While record numbers of Asian American eligible voters have moved to the Silver State, the voting block could also be trending away from its historically deep blue roots. Now, Nevada’s growing Asian population could contribute to making the state a potential tossup in the 2024 election between President
Between 2012 and 2022, Nevada saw the nation’s biggest increase in its Asian American Pacific Islander population, a voting block Democrats have traditionally counted on. “We’re one of the only states that had more voters vote for the first time in 2022 than in 2018,” Amy Koo, the political director at One APIA Nevada,KTNV. “That’s an indicator of how much our community has grown and how crucial we are to the margin of victory.”
However, while the Pew Research Center found that an overwhelming majority of Asian voters, 70%, supported Biden in 2020, increasing numbers of Asian voters are moving away from the Democratic Party.FILE – In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump protest the Nevada vote in front of the Clark County Election Department in Las Vegas.
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