How Dems are engaging these 1st-time voters who helped flip GOP district
Ann Le, who's Vietnamese American, said the past four years was a wakeup call. Le, a resident of Gwinnett County, Georgia, who had never voted before, said she couldn't afford to miss the most recent election after having witnessed Donald Trump ascend to the presidency four years ago and subsequently make decisions that made a second term seem unconscionable to her.
"Clearly, it is a big deal, and it does make a difference," Le said. "The last four years had shown that not voting in 2016 was a mistake one doesn't want to make again."
Nicole Phan, another Asian American first-time voter, said she jumped at the chance to participate in the process this year after having become a naturalized citizen to "vote out the person and party that has been threatening the livelihood of women and people of color."
Le and Phan are among the burgeoning group of Asian American first-time voters who helped swing the state's 7th Congressional District, an area that has historically voted Republican, from red to blue. In the House race, Asian Americans strongly favored Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux, making up 150 percent of her winning margin, according to an election eve poll released by the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund. And, perhaps most notably, 2 of 5 Asian Americans in the district were first-time voters. With Senate runoff races scheduled for Jan. 5, organizers aren't ignoring the momentum.
As early voting began Monday, Georgia Democrats said they're aiming to engage the politically active group to help elect Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-dems-are-engaging-these-1st-time-voters-who-helped-flip-gop-district/ar-BB1bX2Tp?li=BBnb7Kz