The number of Indian American voters could double within two decades through immigration, more naturalisations and as children age
PRAMILA JAYAPAL, a congresswoman from Washington state, sees rapid change in American politics. Five years ago she was the first South Asian elected to her state legislature. In 2016 she made it to Congress, where she is now one of four Indian Americans, known collectively as the Samosa Caucus, in the House. Last month she became the first woman of South Asian descent to preside over the chamber. Across America, she says, “more and more South Asian faces are running and winning.
Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Illinois congressman of Tamil descent, says older migrants shunned politics, worried that names crammed with many letters would be deemed too strange by voters. The young are more assured and politically sophisticated. He, too, is thrilled by Ms Harris’s campaign, saying “she puts a little curry into the narrative” of the presidential race. A decade ago few South Asians ran for office of any sort in immigrant-heavy suburbs around Chicago, he says.
Yet there are other ways to amass political clout. Mr Krishnamoorthi and Mr Villivalam both suggest “Indian Americans look to Jewish Americans” as a model, since they are seen as active in charitable and civic life, and as educated, organised and influential donors in politics. Mr Kapur, who wrote a book about the Indian diaspora in America, also calls them “a weak equivalent of the Jewish American community”.
Karthick Ramakrishnan, who runs a survey of Asian American attitudes from the University of California, argues that Indian Americans are exceptional when compared with other Asian groups. They are far likelier to get involved in politics as donors, voters or candidates. High levels of education, English-language proficiency and roots in a country with its own long democratic tradition all help them to participate in America’s political culture.
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