Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
With more than 11 million Asian Americans eligible to vote this year, journalists reporting on the 2020 elections should focus some of their coverage on this fast-growing minority group, which has more than doubled in size since 2000.
Mark your calendars. Everything you need to know about mail-in and early in-person voting, including the first day you can cast your ballot in the 2020 election.
“This announcement is pure politics — a signal once again that the Trump administration will take extraordinary steps to protect white privilege,” a former DOJ official said.
On August 11 the Census Bureau will begin a Nonresponse Follow-up (NRFU) field operation, sending out enumerators to homes that have not yet responded to the Census, including nearly half of NYC households. The need for an effective NRFU operation is greater than ever due to constraints related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and due to … Read more
From Houston to Atlanta, AAPI organizations prepare for full reopening with new initiatives to support small businesses, boost testing and tackle hate crimes.
As the AAPI Data team noted in a previous blog post last year, Asian Americans and Pacific Islander voters saw increases in voter registration after the 2016 election. These sizable gains in voter registration could potentially make a noticeable impact this November in battleground states like Arizona, where 173,231 AAPIs comprise 4.6 percent of the … Read more