Democrats bank on Asian American voters for Georgia runoffs: Report
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Democrats are focusing on getting Asian Americans to turn out for the Georgia runoff elections next month after they helped boost President-elect Joe Biden to victory in November.
Some 30,000 Asian American voters in Georgia cast their first-ever ballot in November, which helped flip Georgia blue for the first time since 1992. TargetSmart, a Democratic firm, reported that exit polls had Asian American voters going for Biden by a 2-to-1 margin, and turnout among that demographic exceeded 2016 totals in almost every swing state except Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Neil Makhija, executive director of advocacy group and political action committee Indian American Impact Fund, said Asian American voters nearly doubled their turnout in Georgia from 2016.