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发帖数: 2741 | 1 Thursday, Jan 17, 2013
AALDEF's Multilingual Exit Poll of 9,096 Asian Americans in 14 States
Reveals Voting Preferences, Party Affiliation, Key Issues of Concern, and
Need for Language Assistance
January 17, 2013 -- Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education
Fund (AALDEF) released detailed findings from its nonpartisan multilingual
exit poll of 9,096 Asian American voters in the November 2012 Presidential
Elections, the largest survey of its kind in the nation. The results
indicated that Asian Americans vary in political beliefs and on policies
across ethnic lines and by geographic location.
While three-quarters (77%) of Asian Americans polled voted for Barack Obama
for President, as many as 96% of Bangladeshi Americans voted for Obama,
compared to 44% of Vietnamese Americans. Support for policies including
immigration reform also varied by ethnic group.
In addition, while Asian Americans in the Northeast voted for Obama at high
levels (89% in PA and 86% in NY), as few as 16% of Asian Americans polled in
Louisiana voted for Obama.
"Asian Americans are a diverse community with varying social, political, and
economic backgrounds," said AALDEF Executive Director Margaret Fung. "The
AALDEF Exit Poll provides much needed data on Asian American voting trends,
especially as our community's political influence continues to grow."
AALDEF, a 39-year old New York-based national organization, polled Asian
American voters in 37 cities across 14 states on Election Day: New York,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Michigan,
Illinois, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Nevada, California, and
Washington, D.C.
The largest Asian ethnic groups in the exit poll were Chinese (31%), Asian
Indian (13%), Bangladeshi (12%), Vietnamese (12%), Korean (11%), Filipino (9
%), Pakistani (3%), Arab (2%), Indo-Caribbean (1%), and Cambodian (1%).
Glenn Magpantay, AALDEF Democracy Program Director, presented the results of
the 2012 multilingual exit poll in Washington, DC.
VIEW DATA SLIDESHOW >
Key findings presented on "The Asian American Vote in the 2012 Presidential
Election" include the following:
There is a range of Asian American political leanings across ethnic
lines.
In the Presidential Election, three-quarters (77%) of Asian Americans polled
voted for Barack Obama for President and 21% voted for Mitt Romney. Support
for each candidate varied by ethnic group, with a high of 54% of Vietnamese
Americans voting for Romney, compared to 3% of Bangladeshi Americans.
The percentage of Asian Americans who voted for Obama by ethnic group are as
follows (from highest to lowest): Bangladeshi American (96%); Pakistani
American (91%); Indian American (84%); Chinese American (81%); Korean
American (78%); Filipino American (65%); and Vietnamese American (44%).
There is a range of Asian American political leanings by geographic
location.
89% of Asian Americans polled in Pennsylvania, and 86% of Asian Americans
polled at sites in both New York and Michigan, voted for Obama, However,
Obama received 57% of the Asian American vote at sites polled in Texas and
only 16% at sites in Louisiana.
Asian Americans under 40 were more likely to have favored Obama.
Only 10% of Asian Americans under 30 voted for Romney, compared to 16% of
Asian Americans between 30-39; 26% of Asian Americans between 40-49; 26%
between 50-59%; and 27% between 60-69.
Asian Americans are a growing segment of the electorate, with a large
proportion of first-time voters and foreign-born naturalized U.S. citizens.
Nearly four out of five (79%) of Asian Americans polled were foreign-born
naturalized U.S. citizens. 10% became citizens within the past 2 years; 45%
became citizens more than 10 years ago. More than a quarter (27%) of those
polled said that they voted for the first time in the 2012 Presidential
Elections.
Almost two-thirds of Asian Americans favored comprehensive immigration
reform, with a range of support by ethnic group.
Overall among the respondents, 34% of Asian Americans "Strongly support" and
31% "Support" comprehensive immigration, including a path to citizenship
for undocumented immigrants. Among ethnic groups, there were varied levels
of support for immigration reform, with a high of 78% of Bangladeshi
Americans and Pakistani Americans, and a low of 49% of Vietnamese Americans.
Language assistance and bilingual ballots are needed to preserve access
to the vote.
More than one-third (37%) of Asian American voters polled were limited
English proficient (LEP), defined as speaking English "less than very well."
One out of five (18%) respondents identified English as their native
language.
Among the different Asian ethnic groups polled, Korean Americans had the
highest concentration of LEP voters, with more than half (67%) identifying
themselves as LEP, followed by Vietnamese American (59%), Chinese American (
55%), and Bangladeshi American voters (45%). Several poll sites where the
exit poll was conducted were mandated to provide bilingual ballots and
interpreters under the federal Voting Rights Act; other jurisdictions
voluntarily provided language assistance.
22% preferred voting with the assistance of an interpreter or/and translated
voting materials.
Voting barriers persisted.
Voters were asked if they encountered any voting problems. Below are the
number of complaints:
249 were required to prove their U.S. citizenship.
307 said that their names were missing or had errors in the list of voters
at poll sites.
215 had to vote by provisional ballot.
165 voters said that poll workers did not know what to do.
136 voters said that poll workers were rude or hostile.
183 voters said that no interpreters or translations were available when
they needed their help.
105 were directed to the wrong poll site or voting machine/table within a
site.
Among Asian Americans overall, voting in the Congressional Elections
mirrored the Presidential Elections.
In 24 of the 28 Congressional districts where the exit poll was conducted, a
majority of Asian Americans supported Democratic candidates. For the U.S.
Senate, 74% of Asian Americans overall voted for the Democratic candidate
and 18% voted for the Republican candidate. For the U.S. House of
Representatives, 73% voted for the Democratic candidate and 17% voted for
the Republican candidate.
VIEW DATA SLIDESHOW >
About the Exit Poll:
AALDEF's multilingual exit polls reveal vital information about Asian
American voting patterns that is often overlooked in mainstream voter
surveys. AALDEF has conducted exit polls of Asian American voters in every
major election since 1988. In the 2008 Presidential Election, AALDEF
surveyed 16,665 Asian American voters in eleven states. More than 100
community groups and organizations joined AALDEF to mobilize over 800
attorneys, law students, and volunteers to conduct the exit poll and to
safeguard the voting rights of Asian Americans. A list of co-sponsoring
organizations and law firms follows below.
About AALDEF:
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in
1974, is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights
of Asian Americans. By combining litigation, advocacy, education, and
organizing, AALDEF works with Asian American communities across the country
to secure human rights for all.
Contact:
Ujala Sehgal, Communications Coordinator
646-207-1497
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Glenn Magpantay, Democracy Prog. Dir.
917.439.3158
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ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND 2012 ASIAN AMERICAN EXIT
POLL - Co-Sponsoring Organizations and Law Firms
National Co-Sponsors
Alliance of South Asian American Labor
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
APIAVote
Common Cause
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Nat'l Coalition of Asian Pac. Amer. Comm. Dev.
Nat'l Korean Amer. Service & Education Consortium
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
North American South Asian Bar Association
OCA (formerly Organization of Chinese Americans)
South Asian Americans Leading Together
Local Co-Sponsors
ACCESS - MI
APALA - Nevada
APIA Vote - Michigan
Asian American Society of Central Virginia
Boat People SOS Delaware Valley - PA
CAAAV - NY
Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia
Center for Pan Asian Community Services - GA
Chhaya CDC - NY
Chinese-American Planning Council - NY
Chinese Community Federation of Atlanta
Chinese Progressive Association - MA
Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia
East Coast Asian American Student Union
Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York
Hunter College/CUNY, Asian Am. Studies Prog - NY
Korean American Civic Empowerment of NY/NJ
Korean American Resource and Cultural Center - IL
MinKwon Center for Community Action - NY
NAAAP - New York
NAAAP - Philadelphia
NANAY - FL
NAPAWF - DC
NAPAWF - New York City
OCA: Georgia
OCA: Greater Houston
OCA: Greater Philadelphia
OCA: Greater Washington DC
OCA: Northern Virginia
OCA: South Florida
Pace University, ACE House - NY
Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
Princeton Asian American Students Association - NJ
Q-WAVE - NY
South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association of New York
U. California San Diego, Lambda Phi Epsilon
U. Maryland, College Park, Asian Amer. Studies Prog.
U. Massachusetts Boston, Asian Amer. Studies Prog.
Viet. Amer. Young Leaders Assoc. of New Orleans
Legal Co-Sponsors
Asian American Bar Association of Houston
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Asian American Lawyers Assoc. of Massachusetts
Asian American Legal Advocacy Center of Georgia
Asian Bar Association of Las Vegas - NV
Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc. of Wash., DC
Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc. of Pennsylvania
Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc. of South Florida
Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of NJ
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center - DC
Boston University School of Law, APALSA - MA
Brooklyn Law School, APALSA - NY
Columbia Law School, APALSA - NY
Filipino Amer. Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, Inc. - NY
Georgetown Law, APALSA - DC
Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Greater Boston Legal Services: Asian Outreach Unit
Harvard Law School, APALSA - MA
Korean Amer. Bar Assoc. of the Washington DC Area
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater NY
Louisiana Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Muslim American Bar Association of New York
New England School of Law, APALSA - MA
Pace Law School, Public Interest Law Center - NY
Rutgers School of Law-Newark, APALSA - NJ
South Asian Bar Association of New York
South Asian Bar Association of Washington, DC
Suffolk U. Law Rappaport Ctr. Law and Public Serv.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, APALSA
U. Penn. Law, Public Interest Office and APALSA
Law Firm Co-Sponsors
Alston & Bird LLP
Ballard Spahr LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Duane Morris LLP
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fowler White Boggs
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Hogan Lovells
K&L Gates LLP
Kaye Scholer LLP
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
McCarter & English LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Paul Hastings LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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发帖数: 18403 | 3 Great document! It also have lists of Chinese american organizations.
And surprise, Korean Americans identify themselves as limited english
proficiency more than Chinese. Interesting.
This organization seems under represented in the battleground states: Only
Florida data is included. We need to find organizations that are well
represented in Ohio,Florida,Iowa,New Hampshire and the other battle ground
states.
AALDEF, a 39-year old New York-based national organization, polled Asian
American voters in 37 cities across 14 states on Election Day: New York,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Michigan,
Illinois, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Nevada, California, and
Washington, D.C. |
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