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In Georgia senate elections, Indian Americans expected to be involved

Sara Sadhwani

 

 

I VotedKamala Harris will be vice president. Expect Indian Americans to get more involved in politics.

The Washington Post

Sara Sadhwani & Maneesh Arora

January 4, 2021.

Voters across Georgia are casting their ballots in an election that will determine the balance of power in the Senate. In these highly competitive races, every vote counts — including those of the estimated 58,000 registered Indian American voters, who make up the largest subgroup of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the state.

Indian Americans have seen their political stock rise in 2020 with the election of Kamala D. Harris — whose mother was born in Chennai, India — as the next vice president of the United States. Indian Americans across the country celebrated her victory, with some calling her election an “early Diwali present.”

 

 

Published by Sara Sadhwani