flushing korean american voter survey results

7/30/2019 Flushing Korean American Voter Survey Results

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2012 General Election Exit Poll Survey Results

MinKwon Center

Civic Participation Program

Vote 2012: Your Voice, Your Vote!


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On November 6, 2012, MinKwon Centers staff and

volunteers conducted in-person interviews with 263 KoreanAmerican voters in the Flushing area.

Interviews were conducted at four polling locations,targeting Korean American voters who had immediatelyvoted.

The following results are only limited portion of datacollected through the Asian American Legal Defense andEducation Funds non-partisan multilingual exit poll,conducted in 11 states from thousands of Asian Americanvoters.


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Female

53%

Male47%

Flushing-area Korean American Voters(Total=260)


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0

5

1015

20

25

30

35

40

18-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70 and

over



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Democratic80%

Republican13%

Not enrolled7%



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When did you become a U.S. Citizen?

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

0-2 3-5 6-10 >10 Born inthe U.S.


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Do you support comprehensive immigration reform, including a path tocitizenship for undocumented people?

31

44

7

0

18

Strongly

support

Support Oppose Strongly

oppose

Don't know0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%


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Ages 18-49(Total=47)

Do you support comprehensive immigration reform, including a path tocitizenship for undocumented people?

23

47

2 0

27

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

32

43

9

1

16

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Ages 50+(Total=209)


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Do you support the right of same-sex couples to legally marry?

48

42

36

10

Strongly

support

Support Oppose Strongly

oppose

Don't know0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%


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Ages 18-49(Total=47)

23

1713

35

13

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

06

48

37

10

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Ages 50+(Total=209)

Do you support the right of same-sex couples to legally marry?


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Obama86%

Romney12%

Other2%

Flushing-area Korean American Voters(Total=254*)

For whom did you vote for President?

* Excludes a small proportion ofrespondents who did not vote for anycandidate


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9

6

9

10

22

38

45

Other

Women's Issues

Terrorism/security

Education

Healthcare

Economy/jobs

Civil rights/immigrant rights

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

What were the most important factor(s) influencing your vote for President?


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Democraticcandidate

79%

Republican

candidate21%


For whom did you vote for the U.S. Senate?



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Democraticcandidate

91%

Republicancandidate

9%


For whom did you vote for the U.S. House of Representatives?



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Democraticcandidate

38%Republicancandidate

62%


For whom did you vote for State Senate?

Toby Ann Stavisky (D)

J.D. Kim (R)


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Democraticcandidate

83%

Republicancandidate

17%


For whom did you vote for State Assembly?

Nily Rozic (D)

Abraham Fuchs (R)


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Democraticcandidate

96%

Republicancandidate

4%


For whom did you vote for State Assembly?

Ron Kim(D)

Phil Gim (R)


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Is this your first time voting in an election in the United States?

Yes15%

No85%


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Korean

93%

English5%

Cantonese1%

Other1%


What is your native language/dialect?


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Very well19%

Moderate47%

Not well30%

Not at all4%


How well do you read English?


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69

31

Did not report a problem Encountered 1 or more

problems

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%


Did you encounter any of the following when you voted?


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2

2

2

5

5

617

61

Required to prove U.S. citizenship

Directed to wrong poll site/table

Other

Name missing or error in list of voters

No interpreters/translations and

Rude/hostile poll workers

Poll workers did not know what to do

Required to show ID

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Only among Flushing-area Korean American voterswho reported 1 or more problems

(Total=79)

Did you encounter any of the following when you voted?


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