Asian American Voter Survey
The Asian American Voter Survey is the longest-running survey of Asian American voters. Since 2012, this comprehensive, multilingual survey has revealed what issues matter most to this fastest growing part of the electorate and how those issues are consequential to their voting decisions, including:
- Presidential candidate favorability
- Top issues informing their voting decisions
- Political identification and leanings
- Voter engagement and contact
- Support for key policy decisions
Key Takeaways from the 2024 AAPI Voter Survey (September 24, 2024)
Note: Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) and AAPI Data released the findings from a survey of Asian American and Pacific Islander adults, the first since President Biden dropped out of the race and Vice President Harris became the Democratic nominee. The poll, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, shows a dramatic increase in support for the Democratic presidential ticket among Asian American voters since the release of the organizations’ bi-annual Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS) in July. This survey was conducted separately from the bi-annual Asian American Voter Survey.
- Presidential Horse Race: Among Asian American voters, Harris leads Trump by 38 percentage points, expanding Biden’s 15-point lead by 23 percentage points since the Spring.
- Candidate Favorability: Vice President Harris’ favorability among Asian American voters increases 18 points since the Spring; Tim Walz is far more popular as a vice presidential candidate than JD Vance.
- Certainty of Voting: Asian American voters are more likely to say that they are absolutely certain they will vote compared to April-May of this year.
- Voter Contact & Outreach: Asian American voters are far more likely to say they’ve been contacted by the Democratic Party than the GOP.
- Harris’ Identity: Asian American voters say Harris’ identity as a woman is more important than her identity as Asian Indian or South Asian.
Click here for the full 2024 survey report
Click here for the press release / key findings
Click here to watch a recording of the webinar
Click here for the 2024 survey crosstabs: [Registered Voters] [All Adults]
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Key Takeaways from the 2024 Asian American Voter Survey (July 9, 2024)
- 46% say they’ll likely vote for Biden (down from 54% in 2020), 31% say they’ll likely vote for Trump (compared to 30% in 2020), and 5% say they’ll likely vote for someone else (up from 1% in 2020). The remainder are undecided or refuse to answer how they will vote.
- 62% view Trump unfavorably including 43% who view him very unfavorably. Meanwhile, 44% view Biden unfavorably, including 23% very unfavorably.
- 42% identify as Democrats (compared to 44% in 2020), 22% identify as Republicans (compared to 23% in 2020), and 31% identify as Independent (compared to 25% in 2020).
- Asian American voters prefer Democratic candidates over Republicans for U.S. House (51% vs. 30%) and Senate (50% vs. 30%).
- 90% of Asian American voters say they plan to vote for President, Congress and other offices this November. A further 68% say that they are absolutely certain they will vote.
- 42% of Asian American voters say they have not been contacted by either the Democratic or Republican parties or candidates, including 50% who say they have not been contacted by the Democratic Party and 57% who say they have not been contacted by the Republican Party.
- Among the most important issues for Asian American voters include jobs and the economy (86% say “extremely” or “very” important), inflation (85%), healthcare (85%), crime (80%), education (80%), Social Security and Medicare (79%), cost of housing (78%), national security (77%), gun control (73%), and immigration (71%).
- Over a two-thirds majority (68%) of Asian American voters reported worrying about hate crimes, harassment, and discrimination “sometimes” (38%), “somewhat often” (17%), or “very often” (13%).
Click here for the full 2024 survey report
Click here for the press release
Click here to watch a recording of the press briefing
Click here for the 2024 survey crosstabs
See more reports
2024 Report (September 2024)
2024 Report (July 2024)
2022 Reports
2020 Reports
2012 Reports
- 2012 Asian American Voter Survey Bannerbook
- 2012 Asian American Voter Survey Presentation
- 2012 National Asian American Survey
- Initial Findings of the 2012 National Asian American Survey, 10/4/12
- Updated Polling Results of the 2012 National Asian American Survey, 10/15/12
- 2012 Preliminary Post-Election Poll Results of Asian American Voters
- 2012 Preliminary Post-Election Poll Results of Asian American Voters
- 2012 Preliminary Post-Election Poll Results of Asian American Voters
- 2012 Post-Election Survey of AAPI Voters
- 2012 Post-Election Survey of AAPI Voters
- 2012 Post-Election Survey of AAPI Voters
