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The Asian American Vote
A Report on the Multilingual Exit Poll
from the 2012 Presidential Election
Georgia
A Special Presentation of
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
AALDEF Mission and Program
AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes
the legal rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal
advocacy, and community education.
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Immigrants’ Rights
Workers’ Rights - sweatshops, restaurants, construction, Katrina
Language Rights - hospitals and courts
Educational Equity / Youth Rights
Human Trafficking
Voting Rights
New Jersey Legal Project
Housing
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2012 Exit Poll Presentation, page 2
Asian American Election Protection
National Election Protection Project and 100 local partnerships
Poll Monitoring
• Compliance - Voting Rights Act and Help America Vote Act
• Post Election - voter interviews and complaint letters
• 2012 - attorneys covered 46 poll sites in 6 cities
Multilingual Exit Poll
• 2012 – 9,096 Asian American voters in 14 states and DC
• 2010 – 3,721 Asian American voters in 5 states
• 2008 – 16,665 Asian American voters in 11 states and DC
• 2006 – 4,726 Asian American voters in 9 states and DC
• 2004 – 10,789 Asian American voters in 8 states
• 2002 - 3,500 Asian American voters in 4 states
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2012 Exit Poll Presentation, page 3
Percentage
of Voters
100%
Asian American respondents
361 Total Surveyed
Profile of Asian American
Exit Poll Respondents - 2012
33
Asian Indian
24
Korean
14
Chinese
• New York
11
Vietnamese
• New Jersey
5
Bangladeshi
• Massachusetts
14
Other Asian Ethnicities
• Pennsylvania
15
Born in the U.S.
• Michigan
85
Foreign born, naturalized citizen:
• Illinois
10
…0-2 years ago
9
…3-5 years ago
17
…6-10 years ago
49
…more than 10 years ago
16
No formal education in US
• Georgia
84
Educated in the U.S., highest level:
• Florida
1
…Elementary school
• California
0
…Some high school
• Maryland
7
…High school trade school degree
• Virginia
45
…College or university degree
• District of Columbia
31
… Advanced degree
• Texas
• Nevada
• Louisiana
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2012 Exit Poll Presentation, page 4
Is this your First Time Voting?
All Asian Americans
Yes
Georgia
No
27%
73%
31%
69%
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First Time Voting by City
Yes
44%
Norcross
Doraville
No
36%
56%
64%
All Georgia
31%
69%
Duluth
29%
71%
Suwanee
21%
79%
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Party Enrollment
All Asian Americans
Party Enrollment, Georgia
2%
3%
27%
33%
57%
42%
Democratic
Republican
Not Enrolled
Other
14%
21%
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Vote for President by Ethnicity, Georgia
Voted for Romney - R
All Respondents
21%
Voted for Obama - D
77%
Asian Indian (GA)
36%
62%
Georgia Respondents
35%
62%
Korean (GA)
37%
60%
Chinese (GA)
39%
59%
Vietnamese (GA)
49%
49%
NOTE: Other Asian ethnic groups were surveyed in the exit poll but are excluded
from these slides due to a small sample size.
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2012 Exit Poll Presentation, page 8
Crossover Voting, National
Voted for…
Asian American
Democrats
Asian American
Republicans
Not Enrolled
in Any Party
96%
13%
73%
3%
85%
24%
Barack Obama - D
Mitt Romney - R
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Voted for Romney - R
Voted for Obama - D
Vote for President by State
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
2
92
9
89
New York
12
86
Michigan
11
86
Massachusetts
17
82
Nevada
18
81
New Jersey
21
77
Virginia
26
72
Maryland
26
71
California
34
62
Georgia
36
61
Texas
Louisiana
40
57
81
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Vote for President by City
Voted for Romney - R
Doraville
14%
Voted for Obama - D
86%
Suwanee
36%
61%
Norcross
35%
57%
Duluth
42%
56%
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Vote for President by First-Time Voter
Voted for Romney
All Asian Americans
Georgia Residents
16%
32%
Voted for Obama
82%
63%
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Vote for President by Age (Georgia)
Voted for Romney - R
18 to 29 years old
30 to 39 years old
40 to 49 years old
50 to 59 years old
18%
Voted for Obama - D
75%
22%
70%
52%
39%
48%
58%
60 to 69 years old
46%
54%
70 and over
45%
55%
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Vote for President by Nativity
Romney
Obama
Georgia Respondents
Foreign-Born, Naturalized…
Born in the U.S.
36%
61%
24%
69%
22%
77%
All Asian Americans
Foreign-Born, Naturalized Citizen
Born in the U.S.
14%
82%
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Vote for President by English Proficiency
Romney
Obama
Georgia Respondents
Limited English Proficiency
Read English Very Well
41%
34%
59%
61%
All Asian Americans
Limited English Proficient
Read English "Very Well"
23%
19%
76%
78%
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Limited English Proficiency by Ethnicity
Asian Indian (GA)
94%
Chinese (GA)
5% 1%
85%
Georgia Respondents
15%
74%
ALL ASIAN AMERICANS
22%
63%
Vietnamese (GA)
Korean (GA)
40%
Very Well
Moderate
12% 4%
21%
60%
32%
8%
9% 3%
48%
Not Well
3% 1%
Not at All
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Important Factors Influencing the Vote for President
GA Respondents
62%
All Asian Americans
53%
33%
24%
35% 24%
17%
27%
26%
14%
11%
11%
6%
7%
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Comprehensive immigration reform, including a path
to citizenship for undocumented people
Oppose
Georgia
Respondents
All Asian
Americans
21%
14%
Support
56%
65%
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Immigration Reform and Vote for President
Strongly Support
Support
Oppose
Strongly Oppose
Don't Know
7%
Voted for Obama - D
37%
33%
20%
3%
Voted for Romney - R
20%
27%
17%
13%
23%
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Immigration Reform and Party
Strongly support
Oppose
Don't know
Republican
26%
Support
Strongly oppose
27%
15%
13%
19%
6%
Not enrolled in
any party
24%
33%
10%
27%
3%
Democratic
41%
32%
6%
18%
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Vote for U.S. House of Representatives
State
GA
Congressional
District
Democratic
Candidate
Asian American
Vote
Overall Vote
Republican
Candidate
Asian American
Vote
Overall Vote
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Hank Johnson*
57%
74%
J. Chris Vaughn
37%
26%
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Jeff Kazanow
61%
36%
Tom Price*
22%
65%
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Steve Reilly
49%
38%
Robert Woodall*
51%
62%
* Winning
Candidate
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Main source of news about politics and community
issues …
Ethnic media in Asian language
Ethnic media in English
Mainstream English language media
46%
Korean
Vietnamese
41%
Chinese
41%
Asian Indian
40%
18%
52%
22%
10%
56%
38%
9%
Filipino 6%
46%
23%
22%
Pakistani
42%
13%
30%
ALL ASIAN AMERICANS
41%
17%
37%
Bangladeshi
Arab
13%
52%
25%
20%
Indo-Caribbean 1%17%
66%
74%
82%
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Voting Problems in Georgia
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10 were required to required to prove their U.S. citizenship
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8 complained that their names were missing or had errors in the
list of voters at poll sites
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9 had to vote by provisional ballot
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4 voters complained that poll workers did not know what to do
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8 voters complained that poll workers were rude or hostile
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12 voters complained that no interpreters or translations were
available when they needed the help
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2 were directed to the wrong poll site or voting machine/table
within a site
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Next Steps
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U.S. Supreme Court - Challenge to Enforcement Provisions
(Section 5) of Voting Rights Act (Shelby v. Holder)
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U.S. Supreme Court - Challenge to Proof of Citizenship
Requirements (Gonzalez v. Arizona)
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Enforcement of Language Assistance Provisions (Section
203/208) of Voting Rights Act for:
• New York assistance in Bengali
• Michigan assistance in Bengali
• New Jersey assistance in Korean
• Louisiana assistance in Vietnamese
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Enforcement of State Election Law and Voting Rights Act for:
• Pennsylvania voter photo Identification (Applewhite v.
Pennsylvania)
• Virginia voter discrimination against Korean American voters
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Thanks to our co-sponsors!
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
National Coalition of Asian Pacific American Community Development
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
North American South Asian Bar Association
OCA (formerly the 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 – PA
Center for Pan Asian Community Services – GA
Chhaya CDC - NY
Chinese-American Planning Council – NY
Chinese Community Federation of Atlanta – GA
Chinese Progressive Association – MA
Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia
East Coast Asian American Student Union
Legal Co-Sponsors
Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York
Asian American Bar Association of Houston
Hunter College/CUNY, Asian American Studies Program – NY
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Korean American Civic Empowerment of NY/NJ
Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
Korean American Resource and Cultural Center - IL
Asian American Legal Advocacy Center, Inc. of Georgia
MinKwon Center for Community Action – NY
Asian Bar Association of Las Vegas – NV
NAAAP – New York
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, DC Area
NAAAP - Philadelphia
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania
NANAY – FL
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida
NAPAWF-DC
Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of NJ
NAPAWF-NYC
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center – DC
OCA: Georgia
Filipino American Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc. – NY
OCA: Greater Houston
Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Pace University, ACE House – NY
Greater Boston Legal Services: Asian Outreach Unit
Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition
Korean American Bar Association of the Greater Washington DC Area
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation – PA
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater NY
Princeton University, Asian American Students Association – NJ
Louisiana Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Q-WAVE – NY
Muslim American Bar Association of New York
South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association of New York City
Pace Law School, Public Interest Law Center – NY
University of California San Diego, Lambda Phi Epsilon
South Asian Bar Association of New York
University of Maryland, College Park, Asian American Studies
South Asian Bar Association of Washington, DC
Program
Suffolk University Law School, Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service
University of Massachusetts Boston, Asian American Studies
University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Public Interest Office
Program
and Asian Pacific American Law Student Association chapters across the country. Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans
The Asian American Vote
A Report on the Multilingual Exit Poll
from the 2012 Presidential Election
Georgia
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