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US ELECTIONS 2024

History created as six Indian Americans win

the race to the House of Representatives

A pre-election survey offers compelling evidence that Indian Americans continue to solidly favor

the Democratic Party. However, one in three survey respondents intended to vote for Donald Trump

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ix Indian Americans have won
the elections to the House of
SRepresentatives, increasing
their number from five in the current
Congress.
Indian-American lawyer Suhas
Subramanyam created history by be-
coming the first from the community
to be elected from Virginia and the
entire East Coast. Subramanyan de-
feated Mike Clancy of the Republi-
can Party. He is currently a Virginia
State Senator.
There is a possibility that the Shri Thanedar was re-elected for represents the seventh Congressio- report by Carnegie Endowment.
number of Indian Americans in the the second consecutive term from nal District of Washington State. A Despite the rising political pro-
House of Representatives increased the 13th Congressional District of physician by profession, Dr Ami Bera file of Indian Americans, their polit-
to seven as Dr Amish Shah was lead- Michigan. He won it for the first time is the senior-most Indian American ical attitudes have not been the sub-
ing by a slender margin against his in 2023. Raja Krishnamoorthi won Congressman representing the sixth ject of extensive empirical analysis.
Republican incumbent in the first the seventh Congressional District of Congressional District of California To remedy this, in 2020, the authors
Congressional District of Arizona. Illinois for the fifth consecutive term. since 2013. He was re-elected for the conducted the Indian American Atti-
“I am honored and humbled that While the battles for control of seventh consecutive term. In Arizo- tudes Survey (IAAS), one of the first
the people of Virginia’s 10th District the White House and Congress re- na, Shah from the Democratic Party nationally representative surveys de-
put their trust in me to take on the main close, I am honored that the was slightly ahead of his Republican signed to analyze the political, social,
toughest fights and deliver results in people of Illinois’ 8th District have Party’s incumbent David Schweikett. and foreign policy attitudes of the In-
Congress. This district is my home. I extended my contract to represent There are more than 5.2 million dian American community, says the
got married here, my wife Miranda them in Congress,” Krishnamoorthi people of Indian origin residing in the report.
and I are raising our daughters here, said. United States today. Indian Ameri- The data offer compelling evi-
and the issues our community faces “My parents came to this coun- cans are now the second-largest im- dence that Indian Americans con-
are personal to our family. It is an try with little more than a dream for migrant group in the United States tinue to solidly favor the Democratic
honor to continue serving this district their family’s future and the faith and have emerged as an important Party. However, one in three survey
in Washington,” Subramanyam said. that they could achieve it here in political actor thanks to the commu- respondents intends to vote for Don-
Subramanyam, who previously America,” Krishnamoorthi conclud- nity’s rapid demographic growth, the ald Trump. This modest drift toward
served as a White House Advisor to ed. “Despite some hard times, we close margins in modern presidential Trump appears to be driven by Indi-
President Barack Obama, is a Hindu did.” elections, and the diaspora’s remark- an American men, particularly young
by faith and is popular among Indi- “My mission in Congress is to able professional success. men born in the United States.1
an Americans nationwide. He joins fight for all the other families that Although Indian Americans Overall, the diaspora views Harris
the ‘Samosa Caucus’ in the Congress are pursuing their dreams, no mat- have historically favored the Dem- and other Democratic politicians fa-
that currently comprises five Indian ter where they come from, how they ocratic Party in overwhelming num- vorably while possessing more unfa-
Americans – Ami Bera, Raja Krish- worship, or the number of letters in bers, the Republican Party has long vorable views of leading Republicans.
namoorthi, Ro Khanna, Pramila Jay- their names... there are 29 in mine.” felt that the community’s votes are But the parties’ respective policy
apal and Shri Thanedar. So did Ro Khanna who rep- up for grabs, touting the party’s pol- platforms, not personalities alone,
All the five existing Indian Amer- resents the seventeenth Congressio- icies on the economy, social issues, shape the voting behavior of this in-
ican members were re-elected to the nal District of California and Con- and stewardship of the U.S.-India creasingly influential demographic,
House of Representatives. gresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who bilateral relationship, according to a according to the Carnegie report.

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