Harris has spurred a gender gap among Asian American voters for the first time in polling history
Thomas is part of a growing cohort of Asian American women whose support for the vice president has skyrocketed, creating a gender gap between Asian voters for the first time in the history of polling the racial group. Before Harris took over the Democratic ticket, Asian men and women supported President Joe Biden at 46% and 47% respectively, according to a report from AAPI Data released last month.
After Harris became the nominee, support from Asian American women jumped to 72%. Support from Asian American men also increased, but not as drastically, sitting now at 59%.
“In prior years, gender has played a very small and insignificant role, but this year, it’s playing a bigger role,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder of AAPI Data. “How we interpret the data is that it’s more about what attracts women to Harris.”
Those numbers track with that of the general population, in which women support Harris with a 14-point margin over men (55%-41%), according to an NBC News poll. But while significant gaps are common for white voters, they’re less common with minority communities, Ramakrishnan said.
He added that this kind of gender schism in support for a presidential candidate hasn’t been seen before in the Asian community.
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