In Georgia, where President Biden won in 2020 by just 12,000 votes, Asian American turnout has been growing faster than any other group. NBC’s Priya Sridhar takes an inside look at what has two Indian American voters fired up, volunteering, and donating this cycle.
ATLANTA — Indian American voters in Georgia are charged up, volunteering and donating this election cycle. The reason is simple: Vice President Kamala Harris is set to make history Thursday night as the first South Asian and Black woman to accept a major party’s presidential nomination in the United States. And she’s not the only Indian American to rise to national prominence in American politics in 2024.
Many Indian Americans who are rallying behind Harris have started social media memes and are selling merchandise touting “Lotus for POTUS,” playing off Kamala’s name — which means Lotus in Sanskrit. There are 4.4 million Indian Americans in the United States, making them the largest subgroup within the Asian American community and the second-largest immigrant group in the country behind Mexicans.
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