How US policy on Azerbaijan could sway Armenian vote in Pennsylvania
The Armenian National Committee of America has not endorsed a candidate in the US presidential election, with its supporters saying neither the vice president nor former president show sufficient support for Armenian causes.
PHILADELPHIA — Many Armenian voters in Pennsylvania appear dissatisfied with both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, citing what they describe as an lackluster response to Azerbaijan over the displacement of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Approximately 30,000 Armenians live in Pennsylvania, including roughly 15,000 Armenians in the Philadelphia area. There are more than 1 million Armenians throughout the United States. President Joe Biden won Pennsylvania by 80,000 votes in 2020, and polls are showing a tight race this time around. Harris and Trump each have 47.8% of the vote, per an average of late October and early November polls by the website 270toWin.
Background
One of the most prominent signs of the community's mark on Pennsylvania is the Young Meher statue, located outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The statue, which was commissioned by the Armenian community in 1976, commemorates the Armenian mass killings that took place in the final days of the Ottoman Empire.
