As the US Presidential elections draw closer, the number game is only become interesting. According to PEW Research Center, the number of Asian American voters increased from 4.6 million in 2000 to 11.1 million in 2020, an increase of 139%. What do the numbers say about Asian American voters in the US & their spread? While campaigning and fundraising for the US Presidential elections may have been disrupted because of COVID-19, concerns are also being raised on how the elections will be conducted in these unprecedented times. Postponement of the elections in highly unlikely since the Presidential elections were never postponed in US history, even during the US Civil War, World War I, World War II, 9/11 Terrorist Attacks or the Spanish Flu. The 59 quadrennial presidential election of the United States is scheduled to take place on 03 November 2020. Kamala Harris has been nominated to run for Vice President from the Democrats The Democrats have formally nominated former Vice President Joe Biden to take on the current President of the US from the Republican party, Donald Trump. Joe Biden recently announced the name of Kamala Devi Harris, Senator from California, as his running mate. In other words, she will be vice-president if Joe Biden wins the upcoming elections. This move has been lauded by many across the spectrum, especially the Indian Americans, since this is the first time that a person (that too a female) of Indian descent, has been nominated for national office in the US. She will also be the first Black, African American & Asian American woman to be nominated for Vice President by a majority party. Her identity, especially after the ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests, her age, and experience in the government may have influenced this decision of Joe Biden. Whether she will be able to swing the votes of Asian Americans, mainly the Indian Americans in favour of the Democrats remains to be seen. I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate. India has the largest diaspora in the world and US is the most popular destination According to UN’s World Migration Report of 2020, India continues to have the largest diaspora in the world with over 17.5 million Indian origin persons living abroad. After UAE, the USA is the most preferred country for Indians to migrate to. The US continues to be the top destination accommodating 50.7 million international migrants. As of 2019, Mexican born migrants were by far the largest foreign-born population in the US. Nevertheless, their numbers have dropped over the last few years. Immigrants in the recent years are mainly from Asia, particularly India, China, and the Philippines as well as from other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is estimated that there are over 2.65 million Indians in the US as per the 2018 data of the American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the country’s Census Bureau. Nearly 5% of eligible voters in 2020 elections are Asian Americans Asian Americans are the fastest-growing segment of eligible voters out of major racial and ethnic groups in US, according to the PEW Research Center, an American thinktank. The analysis was based on the US Census Bureau’s data. In the upcoming elections, more than 11 million Asian Americans are eligible to vote, and they make up close to 5% of those eligible to vote in the US. It is the only racial/ethnic group in which number of naturalized citizens(immigrants) are more than those born in the US. Since the year 2000, in a span of 20 years, the number of Asian American eligible voters has more than doubled with a growth of 139% while the number of Hispanic voters grew by 121%. Black and White electorate grew at a slower rate of 33% and 7% respectively as per the PEW Research Center. Source: PEW Research Center Analysis, 2018 It was observed that between 2000 and 2018, the number of Asian immigrant eligible voters increased from 3.3 million to 6.9 million. Naturalized citizens (immigrants) made up two-thirds of all eligible Asian American voters. About 4.5 million adult immigrant Asians are not eligible to vote as they are not American citizens. This includes green card holders, temporary visa holders, and unauthorized immigrants. Another 3.5 million Asians in the US are less than 18 years old. Almost 6 in 10 Asians in US are eligible to vote About 57% of the Asians in the US are eligible to vote out of the total 18.2 million Asian immigrants. Asian immigrants are a diverse group with persons from East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Majority of the voters from this group are Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese.