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Key Findings From 2022 Asian American Voter Survey to Be Released

July 21, 2022
Workplace Justice, Paid Family & Medical Leave, Early Care & Education, Gun Control, Health Care

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Economy, Healthcare, Education, Crime, Gun Control and Environment Among Top Concerns of Fast-Growing Racial Group

What:

APIAVote, AAPIData, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC will present findings from the 2022 Asian American Voter Survey, conducted in partnership with MomsRising.

When:

Monday, July 25, 2022 at 1:00pm EDT via Zoom

Who:

  • Christine Chen, Executive Director, APIAVote
  • Karthick Ramakrishnan, Founder and Co-Director, AAPI Data
  • Janelle Wong, Co-Director, AAPI Data
  • Jiny Kim, Vice President, Policy and Programs, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
  • Gloria Pan, Senior Vice President, MomsRising

Why:

  • More than two-thirds of registered Asian Americans surveyed say they plan to vote, but less than half have been contacted to vote by either the Democratic or Republican parties.
  • Asian American respondents ranked health care (88%), jobs and the economy (86%), crime (85%), education (82%), gun control (73%) and the environment (75%) as “extremely important” or “very important” issues for deciding their votes in November. Voting rights, addressing racism and care infrastructure policies are also important.
  • The vast majority of Asian Americans support federal investments in case policies: 73 - 78% agree (somewhat or strongly) that there should be more federal spending on child care, paid family and medical leave, and homecare.
  • Asian American registered voters say they are more likely to vote for Democratic candidates than for Republican candidates in House and Senate elections.  Indian Americans were the most likely to say they would vote for Democratic candidates. Vietnamese Americans were split (Senate) or leaned toward the Republican candidates (House).
  • 73% of Asian Americans worry about experiencing hate crimes, harassment and discrimination at least “sometimes” and 24% said they worry about it “very often.” Among those who say they worry “very often” about hate crimes, support for Democratic House candidates is higher than support for Republican House candidates by a 3 to 1 margin.

Where:

Via Zoom. RSVP at apia.vote/2022AAVS

For inquiries, please contact media@apiavote.org, info@aapidata.org, AAJC

 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.