Vietnamese Americans state reasons for supporting Mr. Trump or Ms. Harris

(Dan Tri) - Vietnamese Americans currently living in the United States are very interested in the dramatic competition between Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican opponent Donald Trump in this year's election season.

Election workers count ballots in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Photo: Reuters).

Tens of millions of American voters went to the polls on November 5 to elect the country's next leader, succeeding President Joe Biden, whose term ends on January 20, 2025. Whoever wins in Pennsylvania will win the election . Ms. Ai My, a Vietnamese-American living in Minnesota, said that she and her husband voted early in this year's US presidential election, because if they had gone on Election Day on November 5, they could have had to wait in line for 2-3 hours. Ms. My and her husband voted for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris for many reasons, including abortion rights and immigration policy. "First, she fights for women to have the right to decide whether to keep or abort their pregnancy. In most states, any unwanted pregnancy, including sexual abuse and fetal malformations, is not allowed to have an abortion. Americans often say to each other: "My body, my decision", which means "It's your body, you decide". There have been many cases of having to go to another state to have an abortion", said Ms. My. According to Ms. My, the second reason for her support for Ms. Harris is that this candidate emphasizes humane policies towards immigrants. These policies are very helpful for new immigrants like her, who have few opportunities and time to access education. "Then later, immigrants will live and serve the US. The long-term policy of the US is to have all skin colors and all people ultimately serve the growth of the country", Ms. My shared. Ms. My said that the support rate for candidates Kamala Harris and Republican opponent Donald Trump in Minnesota is very close. However, she believes that the candidate who wins in Pennsylvania will be elected president, because this battleground state has 19 electoral votes. A candidate needs at least 270 out of 538 electoral votes from all 50 states to win. "Mr. Trump says what he says and does what he does" Ms. Dung Hoang, a Vietnamese-American currently living in California, said that her state has a tradition of supporting the Democratic Party, but it seems that support for the Republican Party here has also increased during this year's election season. Her family voted for Republican candidate Donald Trump on Election Day, November 5, because he "has a strong personality, puts forward bold policies, says what he says, and does what he does." As a small business owner who co-manages a nail salon, Ms. Dung said she is interested in issues that are close to home such as economic and tax policies. She supports Mr. Trump because he comes from the business world, understands and is close to economic issues. "I also admire his will. He was assassinated three times but still persevered in running for office. He is rich, he certainly did not run for money," Ms. Dung commented.

A polling place in Kalamazzoo, Michigan on November 5 (Photo: Reuters).

Talking about candidate Kamala Harris, Ms. Dung highly appreciated the representative of the Democratic Party, thinking that she brings youth and a new breeze to the Democratic Party, in contrast to the elderly President Joe Biden. "I am also impressed with Kamala Harris because she is of Asian descent. It's not that I don't like her, it's just that between the two candidates, who do I like more?", Ms. Dung said. Vietnamese people interested in the election From Seattle, Washington, Ms. Le Hong Van said that this was the first time she voted for the US president. This was also the third time she experienced the election atmosphere in the US, so she no longer felt as bewildered as at first, although she was still nervous. Because the locality where she lives allows voting by mail, she finished voting last week. Although she did not reveal who she voted for, Ms. Van shared that in the family, she and her husband did not argue about which candidate to vote for president, but there was discussion about the candidates for the Senate seat in Washington state. Before the election, Ms. Van went to California and met with Vietnamese people living there. According to her, everyone is very interested in this year's election. According to Ms. Van, the issues that she thinks the new president will have the most influence on are immigration, gun control, women's abortion rights, taxes and green energy. She hopes that the candidate she votes for will be elected and solve the problems she cares about. "In the US, the president is not the one with absolute power, but there are also two houses and the Supreme Court, so I think any candidate who wins will have to face many problems that they cannot solve on their own," she said.

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