Indian Americans Favor Biden's India Policy Over Trump's

Compared to 2020, Indian Americans are more bullish on India's trajectory, reveals an analysis based on a recent survey. ARCHIS MOHAN writes

- ARCHIS MOHAN writes

Many Indian Americans are concerned about the India-US bilateral relations under the Donald Trump administration, according to an analysis released on Sunday of the foreign policy attitudes of Indian Americans, based on a recent survey.

The survey found that Indian Americans rate the Joe Biden administration's record on India slightly better than that of the first Trump administration. The respondents believe that the bilateral relationship would have been more likely to prosper under a potential Kamala Harris administration compared to a second Trump administration.

The Foreign Policy Attitudes of Indian Americans: 2024 Survey Results was conducted by academics Sumitra Badrinathan, Devesh Kapur, Annabel Richter, and Milan Vaishnav. This study is the second in a three-part series on the social, political, and foreign policy attitudes of Indian Americans.

The study is based on a representative online survey of 1,206 Indian American adult residents—the Indian American Attitudes Survey (IAAS)—conducted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in partnership with the research and analytics firm YouGov in October 2024. Of the respondents, 83 per cent are US citizens, and 49 per cent of the total respondents are women. The median age of respondents was 40, and the median annual household income ranged from $80,000 to $99,000.