Asian Americans’ clout in US politics
They may have helped decide the US midterms, but shouldn’t be regarded as a voting bloc
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WINNING an election by a narrow margin could mean that the candidate’s victory resulted from a decision by a few thousand voters – perhaps even a few hundred – to switch to their side. At times, even 10 votes can make a difference in a tight local election.
Political scientists who study the phenomenon would probably focus in future on the outcome of the Dec 6 run-off Senate race in Georgia as a case study.
In the race in the Peach State, Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock defeated his Republican challenger, football star Herschel Walker, by around two percentage points (or about 100,000 votes).
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