(National-UAE) As the 2020 US presidential election approaches, several groups are working to ensure that as many of America’s approximately 3.4 million Muslim citizens as possible make their voices heard at the ballot box.
“The strategies are kind of old school and new school,” said Wael Alzayat, chief executive of Emgage, a family of organisations working to promote and empower Muslim Americans through civic engagement.
In particular, Mr Alzayat was referring to the Million Muslim Votes, a new campaign supported by several civic groups seeking to increase American Muslim voter participation, by turning out one million Muslim voters in the 2020 presidential election. According to polling from the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), in the 2016 election, American Muslims were the least likely faith group to be registered to vote.
