Since Sunday, when President Joe Biden announced his exit from the presidential race and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris, a shift in the political climate seemed to take hold. Voters of all ages started to pay attention, reinvigorated by Harris — the first Black, South Asian woman to run for president — potentially facing off against Donald Trump for the presidency.
“I’ve seen South Korea have a female president, Germany a woman chancellor, and I’m like, ‘What is wrong with the United States?’” said Pennsylvania Sen. Patty Kim (D-Dauphin), who was the first Asian American woman elected to the state House of Representatives in 2012.