Republicans Were Warned About Indian American Voters Before The Midterms. They Didn’t Listen.

HuffPost · Benjamin S. Weiss · 2026-11-05 21:50 UTC

Democrats won out in the Lone Star State thanks in part to South Asian and Indian American voters, who data suggests abandoned Republicans in large numbers amid a spike in anti-Indian rhetoric on the right.

Ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, leaders in Texas’ Indian American community warned that growing anti-Indian sentiment on the right was pushing one of the state’s major voting blocs away from Republicans at a crucial moment for control over the Lone Star State.

It seems like they were right.

South Asians and Indian Americans in Texas swung sharply away from the GOP in the months leading up to the midterms, pre-election data shows. And initial reports from Tuesday suggest these groups voted overwhelmingly for Democrats in races that delivered them historic victories: the governor’s mansion, a crucial Senate race, and a wealth of down-ballot contests.

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