Nearly three-quarters of registered Muslim Americans voted in 2020, according to a new report
In the 12 states where the organization signed up and mobilized Muslim voters, the number of registered Muslim voters grew by 27 percent.
The report demonstrates the impact of Muslim Americans’ efforts in recent years to flex their political muscle. Emgage’s political action committee, which bills itself as the largest Muslim American PAC in the nation,in the 2020 general election and Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. Emgage also hosted a Democratic presidential primary forum that year.
Mohamed Gula, national organizing director at Emgage, said the increase in voter participation in 2020 was “all about the conversations that were being had — it’s the belief that we are a part of the American fabric.”
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