65% Indian Americans like the Democratic Party.
AB Wire
A new survey of Indians Americans by The Center for American Progress and Asian American and Pacific Islanders make one thing abundantly clear: distaste for Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for president and overwhelming support for Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party – only 22% of those polled said they like Trump; while 63% said they like Hillary Clinton.
The Center for American Progress and Asian American and Pacific Islanders surveyed Asian-American voters from the Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Filipino communities and immigrants from India.
In the past decade, the number of Asian-American voters nearly doubled to 3.9 million in 2012 from 2 million, making them among the fastest growing groups of voters in the U.S., according to the survey, reported The Wall Street Journal.
When asked how they would vote in the upcoming elections, close to 60% of Indian Americans polled said they viewed the Republican Party unfavorably. Only 17% said viewed Republican Party favorably. The remaining 24% said they didn’t have an opinion.
Indian Americans had the opposite view of the Democratic Party. According to the survey, 65% viewed the Democratic Party favorably and 17% didn’t like it.
President Barack Obama enjoys immense popularity among the community, said the report. A whopping 83% view him favorably. In contrast, only 22% like Trump. Bernie Sanders had a 64% approval rating with Indian Americans, just one percentage point above Hillary Clinton.
Asked whether they’d vote for a candidate who expressed strong anti-immigrant rhetoric, 43% Indian American voters polled said no. Around 2 in 5 registered voters said they would switch candidates over exclusionary comments.
When asked “if a political candidate expressed strong anti-Muslim views, and you agreed with him or her on other issues, would you still vote for that candidate, or would you vote for someone else,†59% of Indian Americans said they’d opt for another candidate.