Research

We commission and collaborate with academics and grantees to conduct quantitative and qualitative research that offers a deeper understanding about the AAPI electorate.

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Research on AAPI communities is underwhelming, and even less is available to understand the AAPI electorate. Therefore, we invest in research that illuminates the AAPI electorate in critical geographies and provide support to ensure more robust data and analyses are available about the AAPI community.

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Featured Report: AAPIs Connect: Harnessing Strategic Communications to Advance Civic Engagement

In 2020, we partnered with UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge on a joint report to explore how best to support communications for AAPIs. The first step toward a longer-term effort, this report looks at the unique characteristics of the AAPI population influencing communications and community outreach, the strategies and practices being used by those working to reach AAPI audiences; and the current strategic communications capacity, needs, and priorities of groups working with AAPIs.

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Polls and Experiments

We provide timely and critical polls and experiments to expand upon and highlight the diversity and strength of the AAPI electorate.

2022 Asian American Election Eve Poll

We cosponsored the 2022 American Election Eve Poll, offering reliable information about the 2022 vote choices and motivations of Asian American voters and Native American, Black, Latinx, and White voters.

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2020 Asian American Election Eve Poll

We cosponsored the 2020 American Election Eve Poll, offering reliable information about the 2020 vote choices and motivations of Asian American voters and Native American, Black, Latinx, and White voters.

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2018 Asian American Election Eve Poll

We cosponsored the 2018 American Election Eve Poll, offering reliable information about the 2018 vote choices and motivations of Asian American voters and Native American, Black, Latinx, and White voters.

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Check out the Research Directory to browse all polls collected over the years!

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Civic Participation Analyses

We create data-driven, community-centered reports and briefs to inform and support the engagement and mobilization strategies of the AAPI community, as well as to broaden a more nuanced understanding of the AAPI electorate.

Activating the AAPI Voting Bloc

This brief brings attention to the AAPI electorate and the need for more organizing and funding to ensure that this critical voting bloc is able to exercise the right to vote, particularly in the midst of a global pandemic.

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Making the Case for Vote-by-Mail in Our Communities

This brief discusses the use of Vote-by-Mail (VBM) and offers a “gold standard” checklist for VBM legislation, administration, and campaigns.

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Ahead of the Majority: Foregrounding Women of Color

This report offers important insights into women of color’s voting behavior, policy preferences, and impact in the most recent election. It spotlights the unprecedented mobilization of women of color in the 2018 midterms and how this increasing participation demonstrates the influential role of women of color in setting policy through civic engagement.

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Notes from the Field: Postscript on the AAPI Vote in 2020

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Issues Analyses

AAPIs care about issues regarding race, economic justice, reproductive rights, climate, and more. We work with academics and field leaders to analyze relevant and pertinent topics and issues.

Courtesy of CAALMN.

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Vision

We support AAPI organizations working to create thriving, multiracial democracy.