With the US midterm elections just around the corner, the push is on to get out the vote. The Asian community is more eager than usual to head to the polls next week -- despite a lack of outreach by candidates to Asian voters. Here's CGTN's May Lee.

These high school students are too young to vote, but old enough to get out the vote.

"I'm calling to remind you to vote on November 6th."

This election phone bank is an effort by the Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance, or OCAPICA. Orange County, just south of Los Angeles, has the third largest Asian population in the country. So the Asian vote is fast becoming a crucial one. But candidates are falling short in reaching out.

MARY ANNE FOO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OCAPICA "Many of our voters when we call them, they're like, you're the first person who has ever called in language, in my native language. No one else is outreaching to us."

Despite that, Asian voters are still eager to engage in the upcoming midterms.

MAY LEE BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA "Here at the OCAPICA phone bank, there's a noticeable change in the level of voter interest, which supports a recent survey of Asian and Pacific Islanders across the country. 48% polled said they are more enthusiastic about voting this year compared to only 28% in 2014. "

The survey also found 52% of Asian voters have an unfavorable view of the Republican party versus a 58% favorable view of Democrats. When it comes to Donald Trump, 58% disapprove of his job as president. Some of the most important issues to Asian voters are jobs and the economy, education, gun control and citizenship. Here at the University of California Irvine, Asian students are more energized than most because the issues are personal.

BILL MAURER DEAN OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, UC IRVINE "More of the active students are coming from those backgrounds because they've seen the impact of things like immigration and refugee policy on their families, on their communities."

ANNIE NGUYEN COLLEGE STUDENT "My parents are refugees from Vietnam, so it was really important for them to have that political freedom to vote."

KALA GIN COLLEGE STUDENT "To me, voting is about having our voices heard because representation matters, especially for young people and communities of color."

Asian Americans' growing interest in political engagement gives advocates hope this is the beginning of what will become a power that will no longer be dismissed and ignored.

SYLVIA KIM, REGIONAL DIRECTOR ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE, ORANGE COUNTY "Asian Americans are a force to be reckoned with, and so I think that we're still coming of age as a community, but I look forward to the day when we can truly be a political force to be reckoned with as well."

With Asian Americans, the fastest growing voting bloc in the U.S., that day of reckoning may come sooner than later. May Lee, CGTN, Irvine.