Voters file into Allegiant Stadium to cast their ballot for the U.S. general election in Las Vegas Tuesday, Nov.
5, 2024. (K.M.
Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) In this historical campaign of 2024, did Filipino Americans make a difference on Election Day nationally? Or maybe the question should be: Did anyone notice us early enough for us to matter where it counts? The focus of both Trump and Harris has been on battleground states, specifically Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. The so called “Blue Wall” states have dominated. Did you see much attention on AAPIs in those states? Likely not because the numbers for Filipinos or AAPIs just aren’t there in the key swing states.
Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . But of the alternate routes to victory – through the secondary swing states of Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina – Nevada stands above them all with the largest proportion of Asian American voters with an electorate that is 12 percent AAPI.
And in that key swing state which group has the most Asian Americans? Filipinos with nearly 60,000 registered voters in Nevada. Former President Barack Obama addresses a crowd that includes many Filipino Americans during a recent campaign in Las Vegas. CONTRIBUTED But as usual, no one knew what to do with us.
Or how to find us. There are still problems in voter rolls because of our Spanish last n.
