Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton is the only presidential candidate showing up to an Asian-American forum
The only candidate on the attending list for a forum hosted by the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Leadership Network is Hillary Clinton, according to Reuters. Also scheduled to appear at next week's event: President Barack Obama, who's giving the keynote.
"We are a vote that is becoming increasingly powerful," California Rep. Judy Chu, a Democrat, told Reuters. "In this election we are the swing vote in the swing states." Chu will be introducing Clinton at the reception.
Asian-American voters tend to cast their ballots for Democrats the Washington Post has attributed this to alienating racial rhetoric from GOP candidates, who've implied that U.S. citizens of Asian descent are not quite as American white voters. Maybe a show of support for 5.6% of the national population could help ease that feeling of being excluded? Just a thought.
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fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Asian Americans are a huge voting block.
Thanks lunamagica.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)the white outreach!
And Democrats everywhere will be saying, "Yes, they count too!"
And Bernie will be an obscure footnote lost in history.