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Though majority of Indian-Americans prefer Clinton over Trump, the latter gets more points when it comes to India-specific foreign policy and fight against terrorism.
Updated : Oct 19, 2016, 09:26 AM IST
Majority of Indian-Americans prefer Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump as their choice for the next US President when it comes to issues of immigration, religious freedom and outsourcing, a Silicon Valley-based think tank has said.
However, the New York-based billionaire has an edge over Clinton when it comes to India-specific foreign policy of the United States and the fight against terrorism, the Indian-American think-tank said on Tuesday, quoting its recent survey.
Most of the respondent preferred Clinton over Trump on immigration (59 to 29%), religious freedom (67 to 27%), outsourcing (52 to 22%) and trust issues (40 to 17%), the the Foundation of India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS-USA.org) said while releasing the results of the survey carried out on Indian-Americans about their opinions on the two US presidential candidates. Trump faired little better against Clinton over terrorism (48 to 43%) and India specific strategic alliances (47 to 40%) with respect to countries like Pakistan, China, Russia among others.
FIIDS is a US think-tank based working on dialogues and research related socio, economic and geo-political issues and policy matters related to India and the Indian diaspora. An overwhelming majority of the respondents were naturalized citizens (89%) and male (82%).