The political influence of Asian Americans has risen and they have become a key voter in the White House

>The political influence of Asian Americans has risen and they have become a key voter in the White House. The growing influence of Asian Americans in politics may be best demonstrated on Wednesday: President Obama...

An article published by the "Washington Post" said, why have Asian Americans become such a key political constituency? Their votes and their donations matter, especially in Obama's re-election campaign.

Asians are quickly becoming the core group of the Democratic Party: post-election polls showed that Obama and Biden won 73% of the Asian votes in 2012, 11 percentage points higher than in 2008. This is also the largest change among all ethnic groups, while support for Obama declined among most other ethnic groups in 2012.

Although Hispanics have attracted public attention because of their large numbers and have become the most important vote base in the United States, the proportion of Asian Americans in the electorate is growing faster.

Floyd Mori, dean of the Asian Pacific American Congressional Studies Institute, said these incidents reflect how Asian Americans are beginning to take action, especially in key states where the president needed it most last year. These states include Virginia, Nevada and Ohio.

Murray, who was also met by the president this afternoon as an Asian leader, said they were finally recognized. Murray, a former California Democratic congressman, said it has become part of the conversation today.

Asian Americans have also made important progress during the Obama administration. The president increased the number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on the federal bench from eight to 19, equivalent to 7% of the judges he nominated and approved. By comparison, this group represents only 1% of the judges nominated by Bush and Clinton. Sri Srinivasan has been nominated as Deputy Solicitor General and is awaiting Senate confirmation. He is the first South Asian American nominated to a federal circuit court.

The White House is also focusing on specific issues for Asian Americans, such as translating workplace safety recommendations into Asian languages ​​for Asian Americans who are at higher risk for workplace accidents.

But Asian Americans have seen fewer positions in one area: There were three Asian-American cabinet members in Obama’s first term, but there was only one in his second term – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki.

Morrie had no complaints about that. "That was beyond our expectations," he said of the first-term appointments. He also said Asian Americans are pushing for lower-level appointments to create a basis for future Cabinet appointments.

Immigration issues will also provide insight into the role of Asian Americans in domestic policy debates. Biden will address immigration reform in a speech Wednesday night, paying tribute to the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel K. Inouye.

Murray and others are putting pressure on Obama in response to the Senate immigration reform plan's provision to eliminate certain family visas and increase quotas for highly educated and highly skilled immigrants. Family is very important in Asian culture, he said.

Deepa Iyer, president of South Asian Americans Leading Together and the National Council of Asian and Pacific Americans, said the meeting with Obama and his senior officials was productive.