It’s no secret that this election cycle saw a disproportionate number of Indian Americans rise to political prominence.

First and foremost, there’s Vice President Kamala Harris. The Democratic presidential nominee, as it is well known, was born to a Tamil Indian mother and a Black Jamaican father.

On the Republican side, two individuals of Indian origin, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, ran in the presidential primaries. And lawyer Usha Vance stands to become the second lady if her husband, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, and former President Donald Trump win Tuesday's election.

As a woman of Indian heritage myself, this got me thinking about the political priorities of my community as a whole.

On the one hand, we know that Indian Americans are currently a solidly Democratic constituency. According to the Pew Research Center, 68% of Indian American registered voters identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party. They also tend to support liberal positions on contemporary political issues.

For example, the vast majority of Indian Americans polled in 2020 opposed travel bans on citizens from Muslim-majority nations and police using force against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.

On the other hand, the Indian diaspora in America lives by many of the ideals upheld by conservatives. The ethnic group has the highest rate of family stability in the nation, and its culture greatly stresses personal responsibility. Indian Americans also constitute an affluent minority........

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