The New Millennium marked a “New Awakening” in American politics. In just one presidential cycle (between 2000 to 2004), the Asian American vote came of age. Our nation experienced a dramatic increase in the number of Asian American voters — nearly 1 million newly registered Asian American voters, roughly 6 percent of all newly registered voters nationwide.
California is home to 39 percent of all Asian American voters, and it is said, how California goes, could go the nation. So take heed. According to the 2005 American Community Survey, 2.5 million Asian Americans in California are eligible to vote. There were 1.1 million registered Asian Americans in California who voted in 2004’s presidential election, but 200,000+ APAs who were registered, did not vote. Even worse, California missed out its true potential: 1 to 1.2 million Asian American U.S. citizens who were eligible did not even get registered to vote...
