05.30.07
Asian American voters increase in L.A. County
An Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) study finds that Asian Americans in L.A. County are hitting the polls in larger numbers, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports.
APALC, based in L.A., determined that the number of Asian American voters grew 28% between 2002 and 2006, compared with overall growth of 14% for all voters in the county. Asian Americans accounted for 9.1% of recent voters in the county, compared with 8.1% in the 2002 general elections.
The study was based on APALC’s exit polling of almost 2,200 Asian American voters in November 2006 and on data from the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office.
Dan Ichinose, director of APALC’s Demographic Research Project, said of the report, “We hope that it raises the visibility of Asian American voters in the eyes of elected officials and others who are looking to engage voters.”