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Asian American political participation: trends, developments and perspectives
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Gleb Aleksandrov 
ORCID: 0000-0002-5377-4494
Occupation: Research Fellow
Affiliation: Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
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Abstract

The demographic changes in the US have influenced the political life of the country in recent decades, and will continue to do so in the future with growing intensity. One of the key trends in US demographics since the early 1990s, and especially in the last decade, is the rapid of growth of the Asian American community. According to most estimates, by 2050, Asian Americans will be the largest group among recent immigrants, and will constitute a significant proportion of the population in general. Yet the political activity of this community, including its growing importance in local and state-level elections, remains understudied. The significant changes in both the nature and the political orientation of this activity which took place in the last few years are generally overlooked. The purpose of this article is to examine those recent developments and the possibilities of future transformations.

Keywords
Asian Americans, political participation, voter turnout, political orientation, Chinese-Americans, Indian-Americans, Philippino-Americans, political identity, shifting political preferences, affirmative action
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20.12.2019
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