Kamala Harris could make history as the first U.S. president of Indian heritage. But some Indian-American voters aren’t aware of that part of her identity
, just above the country’s overall turnout rate of 61.4 percent and surpassing the rates for both Hispanics and African-Americans, as well.
The younger Indian-Americans I spoke with, who have watched the rise of Indian-American politicians like Jindal, Nikki Haley and Ami Bera, tended to be more ambivalent about whether Harris’ heritage would influence their votes, focusing instead on the issues they care about, like immigration, civil rights, education and the environment.
Aastha Jha, an economics and public policy student at University of California, Berkeley, told me she made a point of attending Harris’ announcement rally in Oakland with four South Asian friends. “I figured that this was the first time an Indian-American was running for president, and it was literally just blocks from where I live,” she says.
That point was underscored when Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna—who represents the district in Northern California with the highest concentration of Indian-Americans in the country—Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. Khanna, who did not respond to a request for comment, also endorsed Sanders in 2016 over Clinton.
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