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Who are the ‘diaspora voters’ in the 2020 US presidential election? How many of them are there and which states could they ‘swing’ in this year’s election? Watch this video to find out more and try to answer these questions.

USEFUL PHRASES

‘diaspora’
This word means a group of people who move from their ‘home’ country to live in other countries. For example, a diaspora of refugees attempted to move to the neighbouring country during the civil war.

‘swing’
This word means to change from one opinion or mood to another and is often used to talk about elections. For example, the vote swung strongly to the opposition party because of the leadership scandal.

‘immigration’
This word means the process when people come to live in a different country permanently. For example, Tokyo is seeing an increase in immigration from countries all over the world.

‘naturalised’
This word means to make a person a legal citizen of a country that they were not born in. For example, the British-born family were made naturalised citizen of Canada last year.

QUESTIONS

1. When was the last time there were so many foreign-born US election voters?
a. A century ago.
b. A decade ago.
c. Four years ago.

2. How much of the voting population for the 2020 US presidential campaign is foreign-born?
a. 1 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 100 percent

3. Where do over half of the eligible immigrant voting communities live?
a. all over
b. mainly in central states
c. California, Texas, New York and Florida

4. Where could the Indian American community make a difference?
a. Michigan and Pennsylvania
b. New York
c. California

5. Who is chasing the immigrant vote?
a. only Trump
b. neither
c. Trump and Biden

6. What ‘factor’ is attracting new voters?
a. the Kamala factor
b. the job factor
c. the housing market factor

7. How many eligible Latino voters will there be for the 2020 US election?
a. 1 million
b. 32 million
c. 12 million

8. Which state could the Latino vote ‘swing’ in the 2020 US election?
a. Michigan and Pennsylvania
b. None
c. Florida 

ANSWERS

1. When was the last time there were so many foreign-born US election voters?
a. A century ago.
b. A decade ago.
c. Four years ago.

2. How much of the voting population for the 2020 US presidential campaign is foreign-born?
a. 1 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 100 percent

3. Where do over half of the eligible immigrant voting communities live?
a. all over
b. mainly in central states
c. California, Texas, New York and Florida

4. Where could the Indian American community make a difference?
a. Michigan and Pennsylvania
b. New York
c. California

5. Who is chasing the immigrant vote?
a. only Trump
b. neither
c. Trump and Biden

6. What ‘factor’ is attracting new voters?
a. the Kamala factor
b. the job factor
c. the housing market factor

7. How many eligible Latino voters will there be for the 2020 US election?
a. 1 million
b. 32 million
c. 12 million

8. Which state could the Latino vote ‘swing’ in the 2020 US election?
a. Michigan and Pennsylvania
b. None
c. Florida