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Neil Makhija
WASHINGTON, DC–IMPACT, an Indian American advocacy and political action committee, has launched a historic $2.5 million campaign to turnout Asian American voters in Georgia ahead of the January Senate runoffs. The funds will be spent on digital, mail, and turnout operations.
“You can’t tell the suburban vote story without telling the Asian American vote story,” IMPACT Executive Director Neil Makhija said. “The Democratic Party couldn’t win the presidency or the Senate without Asian Americans. In November, South Asian and Asian American voters were the critical difference between victory and defeat in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Arizona. The numbers are striking: Asian Americans increased turnout more than any other demographic, nearly doubling in Georgia. Asian Americans are becoming a core constituency of the Democratic Party, but they can’t be taken for granted.”
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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.
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Democratic organizers set their sights on Asian American voters to win control of the Senate Asian American voter turnout boomed in Georgia last month. Democrats are hoping that trend continues in the Senate runoffs.
Rev. Raphael Warnock addresses supporters during a rally with Jon Ossoff in Atlanta on Monday. | Ben Gray/AP Photo
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Asian Americans are the fastest-growing ethnic or racial group in the country, and they flexed their power at the polls in Georgia last month, helping push President-elect Joe Biden over the top in the state.
Now, with Senate runoffs just weeks away, Democratic organizers are gearing up for a repeat.