New York Times
By Alan Rappeport
January 7, 2016
As
Republican presidential candidates brave the cold in Iowa and New
Hampshire, Hillary Clinton heads to San Gabriel, Calif., on Thursday to
court an increasingly important,
and sometimes overlooked, demographic.
Mrs.
Clinton will join Representative Judy Chu for the opening of the Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders for Hillary, an outreach group that
could help Mrs. Clinton
as she looks to broaden the appeal of her campaign. Ms. Chu is
chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
Although
there has been much discussion about how Mrs. Clinton will need to
attract Latino and African-American voters if she reaches the general
election, Asian-Americans
and Pacific Islanders are a growing constituency that tends to lean
Democratic.
A
study from the University of California, Los Angeles, last summer found
that the Asian-American electorate is expected to double to 12.2
million people by 2040, making
it increasingly influential.
During
Mrs. Clinton’s first run for president, she also made a strong push to
attract the Asian-American vote. Highlighting her policies on
immigration and job training
for people with limited English skills, she outperformed Barack Obama,
then an Illinois senator, with that group.
Mrs.
Clinton will also spend time fund-raising on her West Coast swing,
attending an event hosted by Lisa Henson and David Pressler at Jim
Henson Co. Studios, the original
creator of the Muppets. No word on whether Bert or Ernie will be in
attendance.
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