The Democratic Party remains the No. 1 party for Indian voters, with 6 in 10 planning to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, but former President Donald Trump has become the nation’s richest and second-largest party since 2020. They have made some profits with the top immigrant groups. This is according to a new survey of more than 700 Indian Americans conducted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace between September 18 and October 15.
This is the second survey, the first being conducted ahead of the 2020 election. The authors write that just under half of respondents are Democrats this year, compared to 56 percent of respondents in 2020, and the number of independents is increasing. About a third of respondents said they would vote for Trump this time, up from 22% four years ago, and were primarily motivated by young men.
The Democratic Party remains the No. 1 party for Indian voters, with 6 in 10 planning to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, but former President Donald Trump has become the nation’s richest and second-largest party since 2020. They have made some profits with the top immigrant groups. This is according to a new survey of more than 700 Indian Americans conducted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace between September 18 and October 15.
This is the second survey, the first being conducted ahead of the 2020 election. The authors write that just under half of respondents are Democrats this year, compared to 56 percent of respondents in 2020, and the number of independents is increasing. About a third of respondents said they would vote for Trump this time around, up from 22% four years ago, and are primarily motivated by young men.
Indian Americans make up a relatively small but rapidly growing portion of the U.S. electorate, with just over 5 million Indian Americans in the United States, about half of whom are ineligible to vote. It is estimated that there is. They are now the second-largest immigrant group in the country and by far the wealthiest, making them an important group in an election likely to be decided by tens of thousands of battleground state votes.
