Korean American Voters Featured in Local Paper

Voter Profile: Korean Americans
This Asian community is typically nonpartisan but could favor Obama
(Great Falls Connection, 10/22/08)

Six or seven months ago, Andrew Ko was fed up with state of the country and wanted to take action. So the 37-year-old, who had not been politically active, revived the Korean American Democrats of Virginia, soon becoming an executive officer in the organization. Ko also started volunteering for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and working for the Virginia "Korean Americans for Change" campaign. "I just told myself I have got to do something – for my children and my parents and my grandmother," said the Ashburn resident who was born in the United States and attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md.

Ko’s newfound interest in politics could be part of a wider trend. According to the National Asian American Survey taken in August and September, 71 percent of the Korean community with U.S. citizenship intends to vote Nov. 4. Eleven percent reported giving donations to candidates, political organizations or campaigns. Read more.