Vice President Kamala Harris has picked up ground with Asian American voters, according to a poll conducted earlier this month.
The poll reflected a significant lead over former President Donald Trump, with 66% of Asian American voters stating they back Harris and 28% saying they’ll vote for Trump.
The National Opinion Research Center performed the poll, and it featured 1,105 Asian American voters and reported a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 percentage points.
The results are a stark change from President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign earlier this year, where he was losing ground with Asian American voters, tracking 46% of Asian American votes — which was an 8-point drop in comparison to his 54% of Asian American voters in the 2020 presidential race.
The recent poll showed that Harris’s overall favorability has increased since she took up the presidential bid, as well. Sixty-two percent of the poll’s participants had a favorable opinion of the vice president, and 35% had an unfavorable opinion. Harris is 18 points ahead of where Biden was earlier this year.
In contrast, 28% of participants had a favorable opinion of Trump.
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For the running mates, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is tracking consistently higher in favorability than Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). Fifty-six percent of Asian American voters find Walz favorable, more than twice the percentage that found Vance favorable.
The poll also showed the desire to vote and become engaged in the election increased. Now 77% of Asian American voters say they are certain they will vote, compared to the 68% that said they would vote in polls in April and May.
