National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Pre-Election Survey, [United States], 2016

The National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Pre-Election Survey, 2016, was an effort to poll the opinions and gauge the extent of political participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders prior to the 2016 national election. The survey instrument included questions about immigrant background, social identities, social attitudes, political and voting behavior, and policy attitudes. The survey included sizable samples of Asian Americans in 9 Asian national origin groups (Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Hmong, Cambodian), as well as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders, Whites, African Americans/Blacks, and Hispanics/Latinos.