2024 American Electorate Voter Poll Provides Insight Into How Asian Americans Voted

Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC joined 15 other national organizations in sponsoring the 2024 American Electorate Voter Poll, which was led by African American Research Collaborative and BSP Research. Surveying more than 9,000 Americans who voted in the 2024 election, including large national and swing states over samples of African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latino, and Native American voters, as well as a robust sample of white voters, the poll provides a richer and more nuanced understanding of the vote choice and motivations of all voters and paints a clearer picture of what actually happened in the election, particularly the vote choices and motivations of Hispanic, Black, AAPI, and Native American voters. More information about the poll can be found here, including links to previous briefings held. You can view the full AAPI crosstabs by clicking on the download link below.

Glimpse at How Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders Voted: 

• Full AANHPI crosstabs can be viewed here. 
• 1 in 8 AANHPI voters cast their ballots for the first time in 2024. Young AANHPI voters aged 18-29 are particularly engaged in the political process – an estimated 28% were first-time voters. 
• 61% of AANHPIs voted for the Democratic presidential candidate, down from 68% in the 2020 Presidential election. 
• AANHPI voters reported that their top issues were:  
• Economic-related concerns such as jobs and inflation  
• Housing costs and affordability  
• Social Security and Medicare  
• Healthcare costs and reproductive rights  
• Other salient issues included climate change and protecting democracy and voting rights.    
• When Asian American voters were asked about their “primary motivation” to vote in 2024 in our joint polling effort, their top motivation was (1) economy, then (2) protecting democracy, (3) reproductive rights and then, (4) concerns about immigration.