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Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Indian Americans and other ethnic groups are expected to play a key role in the Nov 4 US presidential elections in Virginia, a solidly Republican state for the last 40 years but now seen leaning towards Democrats.There are more than 160,000 Asian American citizens of voting age in the state, and an aggressive registration drive is adding several thousand voters to the highly organised Asian ethnic groups, which see them playing a pivotal role in the tightly contested state.
Leaders of the large, affluent communities of Korean Americans, Vietnamese Americans and Indian Americans in Northern Virginia say sentiment among those groups favours Democratic nominee Barack Obama, the Washington Post said Tuesday.
But his Republican rival John McCain too enjoys a core of loyal support among older Asian refugees who suffered at the hands of communist regimes, it said...
