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Washington, July 19
The Indian-American community can be "an absolute difference-maker" in battleground states in the November 3 presidential elections, a top Democratic leader has said.
As a little over 100 days are left for the elections, both Republican and the Democratic parties are making huge efforts to reach out to the small, but influential Indian-American community in some of the key battleground states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Thomas Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee, on Saturday said Michigan had 1,25,000 Indian-American voters.
"We lost Michigan by 10,700 votes in 2016," he said, referring to the loss of Hillary Clinton, the then Democratic presidential nominee, at the hands of President Donald Trump.
In the eight battleground states of Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin, there are 1.3 million Indian-American voters.
"In Pennsylvania, (there are) 1,56,000 (Indian-American voters). We (Democratic party) lost (presidential elections in) Pennsylvania by 42,000 votes. In Wisconsin there are 37,000 Indian-Americans. We lost Wisconsin by 21,000 votes in 2016," said the head of the Democratic party.
"The Indian-American vote, the AAPI (Asian-American and Pacific Islanders) vote more broadly, can be an absolute difference-maker (in the 2020 presidential elections)," Perez said at a virtual event "An Electorate Coming of Age: Indian Americans for Biden", jointly hosted by the South Asians for Biden along with AAPI Victory Fund and Indian-American Impact Fund.
"We are hustling to the finishing linehellip; 108 days till the weekend. Think about those three states alone that I mentioned. The Indian-American votes alone can be the difference in moving forward," Perez said. — PTI
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