Opinion: Overlooking Asian American voters could cost Democrats the midterms By Mary Lou Akai-Ferguson

This opinion piece is from The Hill. Read the full article.

It’s no secret that with each election cycle, the costs become higher and the results become tighter. And every election cycle, pundits, party strategists, campaign operatives and consultants scramble to identify the coalition and the hot new silver bullet tactic that will carry Democrats over the finish line, bending over backwards to reinvent the wheel. 

Cycle after cycle, they overlook the fastest-growing community in the nation that is increasingly the margin of victory in key elections: Asian American voters. In battleground states including Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, the total number of Asian Americans who cast ballots in 2020 and 2024 exceeded the presidential margin of victory in each state. 

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