Fake News and the Growing Power of Asian American Voters: What this Means for 2022 Midterm Elections

These efforts, sadly, have been effective. A growing subset of the Asian American community — largely first-generation immigrants for whom English is not their native tongue — subscribe to “the big lie,” question the integrity of electoral processes in the United States, and believe their children are being “indoctrinated” by “<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/07/02/why-are-states-banning-critical-race-theory/#_edn1" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">critical race theory</a>” in public schools. The success of this misinformation helped propel politicians to victory in elections, including in the 2021 Virginia governor’s race, and if left unchecked, this infodemic has dangerous implications for the 2022 midterms. Chinese-language content on Twitter, YouTube, and WeChat leading up to and immediately after the 2021 California recall election and the 2021 Virginia governor’s race was rife with false claims and misleading information. <a href="https://medium.com/advancing-justice-aajc/fake-news-and-the-growing-power-of-asian-american-voters-what-this-means-for-2022-midterm-6f039bf479a">Click Here</a>