{"id":14454,"date":"2014-04-09T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/asian-american-voter-turnout-lags-behind-other-groups-some-non-voters-say-theyre-too-busy\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:22:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:22:34","slug":"asian-american-voter-turnout-lags-behind-other-groups-some-non-voters-say-theyre-too-busy","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/04\/09\/asian-american-voter-turnout-lags-behind-other-groups-some-non-voters-say-theyre-too-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian American voter turnout lags behind other groups; some non-voters say they\u2019re \u2018too busy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Asian-American<\/a><\/figure>\n\n

About three-in-ten Asian-American eligible voters have cast ballots in midterm elections since 1998, a much lower turnout rate than that of whites and blacks, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data.<\/p>\n\n

With an estimated 9 million eligible voters in 2014, the Asian-American electorate for this fall\u2019s midterm elections makes up 4% of all eligible voters. By contrast, Hispanics\u2014the largest minority group\u2014today make up\u00a011.3% of all eligible voters<\/a>. In the run-up to the 2012 president election, some analysts called the Asian-American electorate a\u00a0potential swing vote<\/a>, despite its relatively small size.<\/p>\n\n

Immigrants make up 74% of the Asian-American adult population. Among eligible Asian-American voters\u2013 U.S. citizens ages 18 or older\u2013 immigrants vote about as often as the native born (31%-31%.)<\/p>\n\n

In 2010, Asian-American voter turnout was 31%. That\u2019s about the same as the turnout among Hispanics<\/a>, and far below blacks (44%) and whites (49%). Turnout lagged even though the level of education and income of the Asian-American electorate, as a whole, is higher than for whites, blacks and Hispanics.<\/p>\n\n

Research has shown that, among all adults, people with higher levels of education and people with greater income are more likely to vote<\/a> in U.S. elections. This is true of Asian Americans as well. Nonetheless, among the college educated, Asian American voter turnout (40%) lagged behind that of whites (64%), blacks (57%) and Hispanics (50%). This is despite the fact that some 47% of Asian-American eligible voters in 2010 had a college education, a rate higher than for whites (31%), blacks (18%) and Hispanics (16%). The voter turnout gap between Asian Americans and other groups narrowed among those who have not completed high school.<\/p>\n\n

\"Despite<\/a><\/figure>\n\n

We found a similar trend among Asian Americans of higher income \u2013 their voter turnout also lagged behind whites, blacks and Hispanics. A greater proportion of Asian-American eligible voters in 2010 had annual family incomes of $50,000 or more than did whites, blacks or Hispanics. Among Asian Americans, those with this income level made up 62% of eligible voters and had a 35% turnout rate. Among whites, those with this income made up 54% of eligible voters and had a 55% turnout rate.<\/p>\n\n

So, why the lower voter turnout among Asian Americans? Among registered voters who didn\u2019t go to the polls in 2010, Asian-Americans were most likely to say they were too busy to vote. About 37% of Asian Americans chose \u201cToo busy, conflicting work or school schedule,\u201d as a reason for not voting, compared with about one-in-four Hispanics, whites and blacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Asian Americans recently passed Hispanics <\/span>as the largest group of new immigrants<\/a> to the United States. The diverse Asian-American population claims roots in dozens of countries in the Far East, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The <\/span>six largest groups by country of origin<\/a> are Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans and Japanese Americans. Detailed data for these sub-groups on voting was not available in 2012. However, starting in January 2013, the Census Bureau has included data on the largest Asian-American groups in the \u00a0<\/span>Current Population Survey<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Half of Asian Americans are Democrats or lean Democratic, while only 28% identify with or lean toward the GOP, according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report<\/a>. In 2010 House races, Asian-Americans favored Democrats over Republicans by 58% to 40%, according to exit polls<\/a> reported by CNN.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Asian-American voters lag whites and blacks in turnout in midterm elections, an analysis of Census Bureau data shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sub_headline":null,"sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"relatedPosts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[]},"categories":[150,89,43,157,57,49,50],"bylines":[629],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[467],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[515],"research-teams":[519],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-14454","short-read","type-short-read","status-publish","hentry","category-asian-americans","category-demographics-politics","category-election-2014","category-hispanic-latino-voters","category-political-civic-engagement","category-voter-demographics","category-voter-participation","bylines-jens-manuel-krogstad","formats-short-read","regions-countries-united-states","research-teams-social-trends"],"label":"Short Read","post_parent":0,"word_count":528,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/04\/09\/asian-american-voter-turnout-lags-behind-other-groups-some-non-voters-say-theyre-too-busy\/","art_direction":false,"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[],"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Asian voter turnout in midterm elections has trailed whites, blacks","description":"Although they generally have higher levels of education and income, Asian-Americans lag whites and blacks in midterm election turnout.","og_title":"Asian American voter turnout lags behind other groups; 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