Your Voice and Your Vote: Elevating Asian American Civic Engagement
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To be an American citizen is to have a voice in our democracy. In an increasingly diverse United States, representation matters, and many minorities are looking to the 2020 elections to see who will be represented to represent them. More than 20 million Asian Americans currently reside in the United States and will constitute nearly 10 percent of eligible voters by 2036. However, despite being the fastest-growing racial group, Asian American civic engagement has remained stagnantly low. In 2016, voter turnout for eligible Asian Americans was only 49 percent in comparison to 65 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 59 percent for non-Hispanic Blacks.
With both external institutional obstacles and internal mindsets that inhibit Asian American engagement, what can be done to foster an identity that encourages higher voter turnout? Join Asia Society as we hear from a group of experts on how to advocate and advance Asian American civic engagement.