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A growing number of Asian Americans are becoming active in politics, according to demographic researchers.

The Pew Research Center says an estimated nine million Asian Americans were registered to vote in the United States in 2014. Among those voters, political researchers say Asian Americans currently relate more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.

Yet Asian American voters have supported Republican candidates in the past. Thirty years ago, Asian Americans were big supporters of Ronald Reagan. In 1992, President George Herbert Walker Bush lost in his re-election effort to Bill Clinton. Yet Bush received 55 percent of the Asian American vote.

But a move away from Republican candidates has taken place over the years. In the 2008 presidential election, 62 percent of Asian Americans voted for Barack Obama, a Democrat. In voting four years later, Obama won 73 percent of the Asian-American vote.

Nearly half of Asian American voters are not registered with any political party. They consider themselves politically independent.

Hugh Tra is an immigrant from Vietnam. He now lives in southern California. Tra says he identifies with the Democrats, and has been politically active since high school.

As the two main parties begin their nominating process, Tra considers how each candidate stands on the issues. He feels immigration and income inequality are two big issues. He also thinks the time is now for candidates from both parties to attract Asian voters.

Hugh Tra says "I think there hasn't been enough effort by either party to outreach to Asian Americans. Definitely both parties need to step up their game and reach out to us."

As of now, Tra said he is thinking he may support Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a Democrat.

The Asian American population is one of the largest growing groups in the United States. By 2040, nearly one in 10 people in the U.S. is expected to be Asian American.

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词汇解释

1.demographic adj. 人口统计学的；人口学的

...the changing demographics of the United States.
…变化的美国人口统计数据AmunD-y04I[M2Lj;-h。

2.nominating 提名…为候选人（ nominate的现在分词 ）；任命 ,提名,推荐,指定；指定（时间、日期、名称等）

This week one of them will be nominated by the Democratic Party for the presidency of the United States.
本周他们中的一人将被民主党提名为美国总统职位的候选人=qRT];e1IhSp#F。

3.outreach vt. 超越，伸出；超出…的范围 vi. 拓广，延伸 n. 延伸，拓广；扩大服务范围 adj. 扩大服务的

Their brief is to undertake outreach work aimed at young African Americans.
他们的任务是承担主动帮助年轻美国黑人的工作+Hhdia5s)EeWeH2l^Cf。

内容解析

1.Hugh Tra says "I think there hasn't been enough effort by either party to outreach to Asian Americans. Definitely both parties need to step up their game and reach out to us."

reach out to 把手伸向，接触

Let's reach out to the foreigners when they are in trouble.
让我们帮助那些有困难的老外VpH3WVytJwE3t[d。

He conjured up a smile and reached out to squeeze her hand.
他马上露出笑脸，伸手去捏她的手6,PhDg6p%Z。

2.But a move away from Republican candidates has taken place over the years.

move away from 从…离开；抛弃

This approach was concomitant with the move away from relying solely on official records.
这种方法是随着不再单纯依靠官方记录的做法而产生的x&!ybk@adD|IHL8,wh。

I came gradually to move away from the position that I had always held, and to see the value of opposing opinions.
我逐渐地改变了以前的立场，并认识到反对意见的价值tZWS6B2,9ut。

参考译文

人口统计研究者称越来越多的亚裔美国人开始活跃于政界A-@+5^f]q02zH。

皮尤研究中心称2014年大约900万亚裔美国人登记参加投票，政治研究者称在全部选民中，亚裔美国人目前更青睐民主党而非共和党hN4|ZI[sgoi!N!W^o。

然而亚裔美国选民过去支持过共和党的候选人，30年前，亚裔美国人是罗纳德·里根的忠实支持者;I(PdGXqj!#)q8M#p74o。1992年，乔治·赫伯特·沃克·布什总统在再选中败给比尔·克林顿，但他得到55%的亚裔选民的支持%*eDo9dvFwPVq2n(cp。

但是最近几年亚裔选民开始不那么喜欢共和党选民，2008年总统选举中，62%的亚裔美国选民支持民主党人巴拉克·奥巴马EDaW-a9X-L=6k3j~YJgx。在4年后的选举中，奥巴马赢得73%的亚裔选民支持bVFK@.-nLU^n|43t。

近一半的亚裔美国选民没有在任何政党下登记，他们认为自己是无党人士BJLS6gu!nQADry=uH^.&。

休·特拉是一位来自越南的移民，他现在生活在南加州，他说自己认同民主党，从高中起就活跃于政治活动lNG)8qtwJTSNS。

在两大政党开始提名竞争之时，特拉考虑每位候选人在各个问题上的立场，他认为移民和收入公平是两大问题，他还认为现在正是两党候选人吸引亚洲选民的时候=^Yu~aLIxYY=ZE2。

休·特拉说“我认为两党在吸引亚裔美国人方面做得都不够，无疑两党都需要加大竞选力度并来到我们中间来@lO1Qe0^g@T=l#GsAysA。”

到目前为止，特拉说他认为自己可能支持佛蒙特州参议员、民主党人伯尼·桑托斯hEK9zNhXER.u-1ZE。

亚裔美国人口是美国人数最多的群体之一，预测到2040年每10位美国人中就有一位是亚裔vJARznRL%DL。

我是吉姆·德雷斯巴赫u*~nBGUf(tRUCaWe86。