Trump’s connection with India and Indian Americans has largely been underestimated by the Democratic Party. The Democrats still do not understand that there is broad support among 2.5 million Indian American voters in battleground states like Florida, Virginia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania for the President’s policies.

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 8:34 p.m.

Trump’s connection with India and Indian Americans has largely been underestimated by the Democratic Party. The Democrats still do not understand that there is broad support among 2.5 million Indian American voters in battleground states like Florida, Virginia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania for the President’s policies. Mrinalini Kumari, Co-Chair of Indian Voices for Trump, knows firsthand the results of grassroots polling efforts of Indian American communities in each of these states; quite simply, the results show that as many as 50 percent of potential Indian American voters, the vast majority of whom have traditionally voted Democratic in presidential elections, will defect from the Democratic Party and vote for President Trump. In her op-ed (see here), Mrinalini discusses the many reasons why Indian American communities are switching over to President Trump including that when President Trump took his oath, Indians were the top recipients of high-skilled H-1B temporary visas and were the second-largest group of international students in the United States. “According to sources, 68% of Indian-born immigrants living in the US have college degrees while the rates of self-employment and entrepreneurship are higher at both high and low ends of the income scale.In a very interesting report I recently read on www.migrationpolicy.org, in 1960, just 12,000 Indian immigrants lived in the United States, representing less than 0.5% of the 9.7 million overall immigrant population. As we all know that Indian migration was at its peak between 1965 and 1990 and that was due to a series of legislative changes that created employment-based permanent visas,” writes Mrinalini in her latest op-ed. Mrinalini also describes why the US-India relationship is stronger than even given the current global climate. Based on polling research, Indian Americans also overwhelmingly approve of the manner in which the President has responded to the coronavirus pandemic, and of his stewardship of the U.S. economy. These same potential voters also oppose the looting and vandalism that have occurred throughout dozens of American cities in recent weeks and support the president’s vow to restore a measure of law and order throughout the country. Her op-ed goes more in depth about this significant voting block of Americans and why their opinion could swing key battleground states.