A progressive advocacy group has launched a $10,000,000 effort to turn out Asian American voters in seven key battleground states ahead of the midterms.
People wait in line to hand in their ballots to election officials after voting at a YMCA in Chinatown during a primary on Sept. 1, 2020, in Boston.Zachary Schermele
The funds are meant to help mobilize AAPI voters who speak different languages in Arizona, California, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
“I think what these investments speak to is the growing competitiveness of many suburban districts,” he said. “Asian Americans are part of that.” “Our community does face some interesting and unique barriers to the political process,” Belkin said. “We need to address and meet the moment.”of more than 1,600 registered Asian American voters conducted this year by APIAVote, more than half of respondents said they planned to vote in the midterms. But less than half said they had been contacted by at least one of the two major political parties.