New York, NY - JULY 21: Suraj Patel, who is challenging the incumbent Democrat, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, in the Democratic primary for NY states 12th US Congressional seat, speaks with voters at Sunny & Annies Gourmet Deli at 94 Avenue B in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. (Photo by William Mebane/ for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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We crunched the numbers to look at how South Asian Americans donated to electoral races over the past few years. Here’s what we found.


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Dhrumil Mehta is a database journalist at FiveThirtyEight focusing on politics.