In recent years, with the increasing number of immigrants and Chinese social advancement, growing awareness of North American Chinese politics, there has been Governor Locke, Congressman David Wu and other Chinese political "big names", the Chinese living in North America, the importance of the election is increasingly highlighted.

Despite centuries of Chinese immigrants American history, but still a minority. Before World War II, due to anti-Chinese policy constraints, the Chinese allowed naturalization when the owner, there is no status at all; World War II, despite the U.S. government anti-Chinese policy convergence, provided the conditions for the Chinese politics, the number of Chinese participation in politics is still small. In recent decades, the Chinese active in the United States, technology, finance, business and other fields, by virtue of their wisdom and hard work, achieved a certain economic and social status, is also growing awareness of political participation.

Election had been Houston Houston Area School Fellows Chinese Civic Center executive director Chen Ke from Gansu, emigrated to the U.S. for almost 20 years. He said in an interview with reporters, said that the growing awareness of Chinese politics and the Chinese education of a great relationship. He said that the 1960s and 1970s, Chinese immigrants mainly from the United States China Taiwan and Hong Kong. After the 1980s, immigrants from the mainland increased rapidly, most of them students.There are two characteristics of a new generation of immigrants, one in number, two are highly educated. Today in North America, the Chinese are being integrated into mainstream society, Chinese no longer a "marginal man" and the election of the spectators.

Chinese expansion popularity of Chinese advancement is an important manifestation, tens of thousands of North American Chinese School.Learning Chinese is not only the needs of future generations of Chinese people, but also a practical choice for many locals. Many business, sports and even government agencies have set up a Chinese sites such as flourished as a venue of the NBA official website opened a new Chinese website. Many cities in North America, the Chinese media and community organizations, etc. quite a bit, they played an active role. For example, holding municipal forum, set up hotlines and help new immigrants electoral register as voters, as well as the Chinese media reports about the election news.

Chinese politicians attention votes
Today, more and more Chinese realize that must be like Jewish, Irish, as united, and actively participate in politics, before the community to hear the voice of the Chinese. Chen Ke believes that Chinese politics from the fundamental point of view or to fight for the interests of a larger population, the political state in the election, which is quite a pragmatic approach. He said that less than 2% of Jews in the United States, but controlled almost all areas of American society, which is the highest electoral turnout, every politician had to pay attention to them.

Now, tens of thousands of Chinese Associations across the United States, formed a political force can not be ignored. America is one of the most important Chinese organizations "Hundred," Not long ago it launched a campaign calling for voters concentrated in the hands of the Chinese in order to enhance the effectiveness of ballots. New York Flushing Chinese Business Association, Peter Koo said: "The Chinese people should be encouraged to come out to vote because voting is strength." It is gratifying that the past two years, the Chinese significantly increased voter turnout in this year's local elections, Chicago , San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities Hupenghuanyou Chinese voters, to vote.

U.S. electoral politics politicians need to focus on each of the votes decide that they can no longer ignore this growing Chinese powerful political force. March 2004, John Kerry in his campaign Web site launched the "Chinese version of" I hope the Chinese-speaking Chinese voters to fully understand his political views. This is the history of the U.S. presidential election was the first time, the matter was Chinese and English mainstream media widely reported in the international community also attracted wide attention.

Dramatic increase in the number of Chinese politics
It is worth mentioning that the number of Chinese politics more and more from Congress, state legislatures to governors, mayors, and everywhere the Chinese presence. Since the Bush administration took office, on the appointment of about 75 Chinese officials, coupled with state and municipal levels of administrative officials, Chinese political previews momentum, with the U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, Washington State Governor Gary Locke is the leader in Chinese politics.

Not long ago, in Vancouver, Canada Area once again set off boom ethnic election, a total of at least 30 Chinese-registered candidates to compete for the Mayor and City Council, Fellows and other local public school.This is the largest number of recent sessions of Chinese candidates an election.

Recently, the city of Cupertino Chinese in the United States was sworn in after the new mayor GuoShupei, California there are four Chinese sworn in the same day the House of Representatives election in the California Legislature, so that small and medium cities in the United States served as mayor of the Chinese has reached 50 or so.