The ones that live and vote in America sure do
Absolutely, and the politicians running this year know it.
Here is a good article about it:
Could Polish American Voters Swing the U.S. Election?'Before the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, these groups were an important electoral factor...Politicians of either party ignored these voters at their peril, especially the millions of Polish Americans that made up the largest of the Eastern European voter blocs.
Today, the fate of Central and Eastern Europe is once again at issue...And so, Americans connected with these countries are suddenly being wooed again.
Take Pennsylvania, one of the most important swing states, with 19 electoral votes and a margin of victory of only 80,550 votes in the 2020 presidential election. Even a small shift among the state's roughly 800,000 Polish Americans and more than 100,000 Ukrainian Americans could have a decisive effect.'foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/harris-trump-us-election-ukraine-war-russia-campaign-swing-states-polish-americans/