The Indian American Attitudes Survey

With Devesh Kapur and Milan Vaishnav, I co-direct the Indian American Attitudes Survey (IAAS) — the largest ongoing study of the political and social attitudes of Indian Americans, published with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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survey waves since 2020

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Carnegie policy reports

NYT · WSJ · BBC

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Social life

How Indian Americans Live

2025

Foreign policy

Foreign Policy Attitudes of Indian Americans

2025 · BBC, The Hindu

2024 election

Indian Americans at the Ballot Box

2024 · Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera, Semafor

Identity

Social Realities of Indian Americans

2021 · WNYC, Times of India

India ties

How Do Indian Americans View India?

2021 · Reuters, Times of India, Indian Express

2020 election

How Will Indian Americans Vote?

2020 · WSJ, NYT, Axios, Reuters, NDTV

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2020 IAAS survey data

The full first-wave dataset is publicly available for research use. Please cite the accompanying reports when using the data.

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Home and Away: Explaining the Paradoxical Political Attitudes of Indian Americans

Political Behavior · 2026

with Devesh Kapur and Milan Vaishnav

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