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CLCVEdFund Survey Exec Summary
CLCVEdFund Survey Exec Summary
Key Findings
• Protecting our air, land, and water is an important value for Asian American
voters. This held true across different nationalities and ethnicities within the
Asian American community. In fact, Asian American voters call themselves
“environmentalists” by a far greater margin than California voters statewide.
• Asian Americans believe strongly that government should take an active role in
protecting our air, land, and water, and these voters support environmental
regulations and laws to protect natural resources.
• The poll found that Asian Americans are concerned about a wide range of
environmental issues, with global warming topping the list.
• Asian American voters in California are willing to walk the walk, not just talk the
talk when it comes to taking political action to protect the environment. Most
Asian voters express a willingness to vote for a ballot measure or a candidate
that protects our air, land, and water and is committed to tackling global warming.
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Environmental survey among Asian American voters 2
• Nearly three in four Asian American voters (74%) say that environmental issues
are extremely or very important to them personally. In comparison, two in three
voters (67%) statewide indicate environmental issues are extremely or very
personally important.
Asian
100 American 100
voters California
83 statewide
80 Yes, somewhat 80
voters*
Yes, strongly No
60 60
52
40 40 45
20 26 20
21
17
0 0
Yes No Yes No
* From an April 2009 California statewide survey
conducted by Tulchin Research among 564
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voters
In order to protect the environment, Asian American voters see the need for
government to take an active role in protecting our air, land, and water. Overall, Asian
American voters feel that environmental regulations provide an important benefit to
society (71%), with only 12% saying they do more harm than good.
0 20 40 60 80
Global warming 36 69
Having enough water to meet future needs 33 70
Dependence on foreign oil 32 68
Traffic/ congestion 27 64
Air pollution 26 60
Toxic chemicals 25 55
Water pollution 24 58
0 20 40 60 80
0 20 40 60 80 100
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Research Methodology