Her campaign has energized Democrats, but it has especially galvanized South Asian Democrats in Silicon Valley in ways that 2024 presidential bids by former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, both Republicans of South Asian descent, did not. “We don’t blindly support South Asian candidates just because they are South Asian. Vance for his Silicon Valley connections, but South Asians in the Bay Area took note of the fact his wife, Usha Vance, is Indian American. South Asian Democrats watched Republican National Convention attendees hold up anti-immigration signs as she introduced her husband.
