Are Indians Fed Up with the Republican Party?
One New Jersey town might predict trouble for the GOP, which was making inroads with the diaspora.
In Edison, New Jersey — known for its Little India, replete with Indian jewelry stores, fashion houses, and, of course, sweet shops — something quietly revolutionary may be brewing. On November 4, 2025, one particular precinct in Edison saw a seismic shift, going from leaning Donald Trump (+30) in 2024 to supporting the Democratic candidate for governor Mikie Sherrill (+76).
Netizens quickly pointed out that the GOP, with their inflammatory rhetoric against Indians and H-1B visas, is pushing away a key community that voted them into federal office. “A very large group on the Right said, Indians go home — and so they did, to the Democratic party,” conservative political commentator Dinesh D’Souza said in a now viral tweet. Some were clueless as to why: “What did the Republicans do to deserve this Indian betrayal?” The Republican Party is finding out that Indians — whom political parties across the board have often dismissed as not mattering as much — can certainly matter at the polls. The Juggernaut spoke to voters and policymakers in Edison, home to one of America’s largest Indian populations, to find out what’s going on.