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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Yashraj Sharma

US election: Why is Kamala Harris losing Indian American voters?

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the Indian American Impact Project's Annual Summit, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Washington [ Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is projected to lose a segment of her party’s traditional share of Indian American voters – who have historically sided with the Democrats – in the 2024 United States election, a new survey of the community’s political attitudes has found.

Even though Harris could become the first ever Indian American president of the US, a survey by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has found that she is likely to secure fewer votes from the community than incumbent President Joe Biden did in 2020.

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