In Georgia, Asian Americans are remaking the state’s politics - MSN

Although Asian Americans are only 4.5 percent of Georgia’s population, the state’s AAPI Caucus boasts the largest membership in the continental United States. Read More

A New Political Force Emerges in Georgia: Asian American Voters

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Four years ago, Maliha Javed, an immigrant from Pakistan, was not paying attention to politics. A community college student in suburban Atlanta, she was busy paying for ... Read More

Biden, Harris travel to Atlanta to meet with Asian American leaders

Biden and Harris, the first Asian American vice president, met with Georgia state legislators and Asian American and Pacific Islander advocates to listen to their perspectives on the rise in hate ... Read More

Harris zeroes in on Asian Americans in Georgia and other swing states

In Georgia, 4.6% of the population is Asian American/Pacific Islander, according to census data. There are nearly 239,000 registered voters in Georgia who identify as Asian American/Pacific Islander. Read More

Asian American Voters Could Help Flip Georgia - The Nation

Asian American voters made Georgia history in the general election, said state Representative Bee Nguyen, who in 2017 became the state’s first Vietnamese American elected to the legislature. Read More

Hate crime? Georgia attacks on Asian Americans raise motive questions

Hate crime laws vary by state as to which aspects of a victim's identity can form the basis for bias, but race and religion are two of the most commonly found on the books. Read More

Amid Awakening, Asian-Americans Are Still Taking Shape as a Political ...

Divided by generation, ethnicity and class, but currently galvanized by a surge of racially motivated attacks, Asian-Americans are growing rapidly as political players. Read More

Georgia voting law's impact on Asian American voters challenged

Asian American voters in Georgia will suffer a disproportionate impact since they cast absentee ballots at higher rates than other racial groups in 2020, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday. Read More

Georgia Senate runoff: Asian Americans are key part in runoff strategy ...

“Asian Americans are waking up to the fact that we can be the swing vote in swing states like Georgia and it’s a thrill to be a part of that political awakening,” Yang said. Read More

A New Political Force Emerges in Georgia: Asian-American Voters

The Asian-American population in the state has doubled in two decades, and many live in the Atlanta suburbs, which voted for Joseph R. Biden Jr. by large margins. By Sabrina Tavernise ... Read More