WASHINGTON: There is a sharp 19% decline in Indian Americans supporting incumbent President Joe Biden between the last election of 2020 and the 2024 election cycle, according to a bi-annual Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS), the longest-running survey of Asian-American voters released on Wednesday.

Conducted by Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), AAPI Data, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) and AARP, the survey reveals that 46% of Indian Americans intend to vote for Biden this year as against 65% in 2020.The alarming drop of 19% is the largest among all the Asian-American ethnic communities. According to the survey, which was conducted before the June 27 presidential debate between Biden and his Republican challenger Donald Trump, 46% Asian Americans are likely to vote for Biden, down eight percentage points since 2020, while 31% are likely to vote for Trump, gaining one point since 2020.

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However, Trump has gained just 2% in favourability rating (28% in 2020 to 30% in 2024), despite the record 19-per cent drop in Biden’s support from Indian Americans.

Asian Americans have been a rapidly-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over the past two decades, growing by 15% in the last four years alone and turning out in record numbers in every federal election since 2016. In 2020, a surge in the number of Asian American voters – especially those voting for the very first time -in battleground states was crucial to Biden’s victory.

The sharp decline in Indian American voters’ support for Biden might be crucial, given that the community has a sizable presence in many battleground states.