[Thread] Whether the Indian American vote will remain with the Democrats or will it swing towards the Republicans remains to be seen. But for the first time I have been seeing both sides trying to Court the Indian American vote in the US elections on this scale. (1/n)

There may have been attempts to do that on a minor scale nationally before and in some local elections. But this time the scale of outreach is different. There has certainly been some swing towards the GOP post Prez Trump, but it needs to be a huge swing to have an impact (2/n)

Historically the Indian American vote has stayed with the Democrats, and that is unlikely to change massively going by reports in the NE and California. But in Texas, Florida and some other swing states - the republicans it would seem are getting back in the game (3/n)

With less than 1% of the population nationally the Indian American population’s impact will be limited to a few states, but many of them are in play for both the sides and hence the outreach. We should be seeing many pieces and reports on that in the days to come (4/n)

Lastly Trump CANNOT win without Atleast two of (probably all 3) Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Among them Pennsylvania looks like the toughest so far. And in a race where even 50,000 votes could swing it either way, you will see a lot more outreach towards Indian Americans (5/5)