Our Members at the Obama Victory Celebration in Northern Virginia

Scenes from the Democratic Election night gathering at the McLean/Tysons Corner Hilton, where jubilant crowd embraced each other at the news of Barack Obama's victory. For some of us who went on all-day or half-day volunteering at the polls to distribute Korean-language sample ballots, braving the cold and the rain, this was a rewarding and uplifting experience. Congratulation to all who have helped make Virginia blue and bring Change to America. Let's celebrate!

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.

News: "Korean American Voters Overwhelmingly Support Obama"

Korea Daily (in Korean) Posted: Aug 06, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- Korean American voters overwhelmingly back Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), reports the Korea Daily.According to a recent poll of 510 Korean American voters conducted by the daily newspaper and its affiliated radio station, Radio JBS, 65 percent of those surveyed support Democratic candidate as their nextPresident. Support for his counterpart hinged on a mere 15percent. Sen. Obama's Korean American supporters thought he would promote better economic and immigration policies and, as a younger candidate, would be a more competent President. Also, over half of the respondents expected Obama to be better qualified for advancing stagnant Korea-U.S relations. Only 21 percent of Korean voters said that they expected that from McCain. The majority (55%) of those polled said that they are unconcerned that Obama is African American.