Why Nevada’s Asian American population embraced Trump

Published December 22, 2024 4:00am ET



President-elect Donald Trump garnered a historic level of support from the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in Nevada during the 2024 election, primarily because he zeroed in on two problems that transcended racial constructs.

Despite the fact that he was running against Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democratic candidate with a South Asian background, exit polls show Trump nearly doubled his share of votes from AAPI voters relative to his 2020 performance, subsequently flipping the Silver State red for the first time in two decades. 

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