Korean Americans are abandoning Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats over concerns regarding inflation and the economy, according to several reports.
A 2024 Asian American Voter Survey from July found that 38 percent of Korean Americans in the United States identified as being Democrat, while 25 percent identified as being Republican. This represented a decrease from the 2020 Asian American Voter Survey, which found that 51 percent of Korean Americans identified with the Democratic Party.
The survey also found that, among Korean Americans, 57 percent expressed that the issue of jobs and the economy were “extremely important” when deciding how to vote, 33 percent said they were “very important” issues, and nine percent described them as being “somewhat important.”
Fifty-eight percent of Korean Americans also expressed that the issue of inflation was…
