New study includes data on civic involvement of Asian American youth
10.03.06 - Posted by AsiansVote
The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement has released a new study about the civic and political activities of young Americans. Here's a key excerpt:
African-American youth are the most politically engaged racial/ethnic group. Compared to other groups, African-Americans are the most likely to vote regularly, belong to groups involved with politics, donate money to candidates and parties, display buttons or signs, canvass, and contact the media. Asian-American youth are by far the most civically engaged. They are most likely to work on community problems, volunteer regularly, boycott, and sign petitions.
“This survey represents the first time Asian-American youth have been asked about a comprehensive range of civic and political indicators. While they seem to be highly civically engaged, only 20 percent of Asian-American youth ages 20 to 25 identified as regular voters,” said Mark Hugo Lopez, Research Director at CIRCLE. “But even though most don’t vote, 51 percent – the highest result among the racial and ethnic groups surveyed – said they tried to persuade others in an election.”
Interesting. So Asian American youth don't vote, but try to get their friends to? This could be because the sample might include a large number of non-citizens. Unfortunately, CIRCLE doesn't seem to have made public any data regarding that possiblity.
Unfortunately, CIRCLE also doesn't seem to have made public any numbers detailing politicial affiliation broken down by ethnic group, so it's impossible to see any trend lines for the growth of progressive values among Asian Americans. But based on the information given, it appears that Asian American youth have high levels of community involvement, petition signing, and boycotting -- the challenge is to turn that interest into actual voting.
Hence, AsiansVote.com! Spread the word, friends and neighbors!
Click here to download the pdf of the whole report
10.03.06 |
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