A new survey finds US President Donald Trump has lost a significant chunk of his support among South Asian American voters, with 25% of those who voted for him in the 2024 presidential election planning to vote for the Democratic Party in the crucial November midterm election.
In addition, 60% of South Asians plan to support the Democratic Party as it battles to wrest control of the House of Representatives and the Senate from Trump’s Republican Party, according to the poll conducted by HIT Strategies. At a time of rising anti-Indian sentiment in the United States, 90% of the voters surveyed said they had faced discrimination or knew someone who had, with almost half having experienced it personally. Almost 90% of respondents said discrimination against Muslim Americans is at least a moderate problem, alongside 70% for Sikh Americans and 64% of Hindu Americans. These polls indicate a looming setback for President Trump after a strong showing among Indian-Americans in the 2024 presidential election.
“Among those who believe that what happens to other South Asian Americans has a lot of impact on them personally, seven in ten are planning to vote for Democrats (71%). A majority of these voters oppose the Trump administration’s ICE enforcement in cities (58%), and they are far more likely to say that discrimination and civil rights are top issues when deciding how they will vote (32%),” the survey finds. 71% of Indian-Americans surveyed disapproved of President Trump’s performance in the first year of his second term, according to a 2026 report by the Carnegie Endowment. It comes as no surprise that a quarter of Trump’s 2024 voters in our community plan to vote Democratic.
This community can make the margin, and we are working to reach every voter who can,” said Chintan Patel, Executive Director of Indian American Impact, which commissioned the HIT Strategies survey. Dissatisfaction with the state of the economy and Trump’s decision to launch a war with Iran are cutting into the President’s support among Indian-Americans. “South Asian American voters are paying attention..They want leaders who will bring down the cost of living and protect their healthcare, and they are living through an unprecedented rise in hate.
