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Asian-Americans have largely been ignored by U.S. politicians, but they could provide a valuable edge in the upcoming presidential election, says new polling data.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to recently released census data, Asian-Americans are the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. population. The population has grown 46 percent since the 2000 census, and Asian-Americans now number more than 17 million nationwide. According to Lake Research, which conducted the poll, Asian-Americans represented two percent of the electorate in 2008, with 48 percent of eligible voters turning out.<\/p>\n

The polling was conducted in several states, including Florida, Nevada and Virginia, what are likely to be key swing states in the November presidential election.<\/p>\n

The survey showed Asian-Americans largely tend to identify themselves as Democrats by more than a three-to-one margin. Fifty-nine percent of Asian-Americans favored U.S. President Barack Obama, while only 13 percent preferred presumed Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Twenty-seven percent said they were undecided. That Democrat-Republican split remained largely unchanged since the 2008 election.<\/p>\n

Despite the tendency to favor Democratic candidates, only 23 percent of those surveyed said they’d been contacted by the Democratic Party in the past two years.<\/strong> Only 17 percent said they\u2019d been contacted by the Republican Party.<\/p>\n

Republican National Committee spokesperson Alexandra Franceschi says the party is ramping up its voter contact as it looks towards the general election.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Party did not return calls, but does have a section on its web page dedicated to Asian-Americans.<\/p>\n

Asian-American civic leaders say politicians will be mistaken to ignore their voting bloc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

via VOA News<\/em>
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