Why are Asian Americans Democrats?

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One thing a lot of people have not mentioned is that Asians value moderation and the current GOP is anything but moderate. That was certainly not the case a few decades ago. Even looking at Reagan, he said conservative things in a moderate way. On the other hand the Democrats are a moderate party. Of course Asian Americans will vote for that party.

Other things matter too, such as the anti-intellectualism of Bush which was followed up by the immigration debate which made the GOP look like the white party. And Palin talking about the real America....all the talk show hosts and Fox news heads blabbering about how bad white people have it these days. Oreilly talking about the end of the white establishment in 2012...I could just go on forever. It can be argued that in the 1980s blacks may have felt targeted by the GOP but Asians certainly did not. Now with the moaning about white America amongst conservatives, they most certainly are.

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I found a poll conducted by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), which states that Obama carried Asian Americans with 77% in 2012 (slightly different from CNN).
http://aaldef.org/press-releases/press-release/new-findings-reveal-south-asian-voters-among-strongest-supportors-of-democrats.html

According to this, South Asians were the most Democratic.

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In addition...
http://aaldef.org/press-releases/press-release/new-findings-asian-american-vote-in-2012-varied-widely-by-ethnic-group-and-geographic-location.html

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Interesting that Obama won so overwhelmingly among those from the subcontinent.

If anything, it is Filipinos and Vietnamese who vote differently from the rest of Asians. Also Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh don't vote for the republicans for obvious reasons. Also I would guess 10-15% of Indian Americans are Muslim too. Though it should be noted that the Vietnamese areas in Orange County swung hard to Obama in 2012. Westminster swung about 15 points to Obama. Obama won the city in 2012 after losing it by double digits to McCain.

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Yeah, the Asian vote isn't really a problem for the Republicans outside of Virginia and Colorado. And I suppose in every statewide race that comes down to just a few thousand votes as well as a whole host of congressional races. One of the reasons Brian Bilbray may have been defeated in 2012 was due to the shifting Asian vote.

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I believe one of the California board of equalization members is a Republican Korean woman.

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I found a poll conducted by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), which states that Obama carried Asian Americans with 77% in 2012 (slightly different from CNN).
http://aaldef.org/press-releases/press-release/new-findings-reveal-south-asian-voters-among-strongest-supportors-of-democrats.html

According to this, South Asians were the most Democratic.

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In addition...
http://aaldef.org/press-releases/press-release/new-findings-asian-american-vote-in-2012-varied-widely-by-ethnic-group-and-geographic-location.html

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Interesting that Obama won so overwhelmingly among those from the subcontinent.

Less than 10% of Asians under 30 voted for Romney according to the latter link. Ye gods....

I wouldn't trust that poll. Bangladeshis making up more of the electorate than Koreans? About the same as Indians? I don't think so.

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Same reason most racial minorities are Democrats: because they've been brainwashed by Dems that the GOP is racist.  Vietnamese-Americans are an exception to this, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are a number of Chinese-Americans, Korean-Americans, or Cambodian-Americans that are Republican.

Or maybe they are viewed as insane gun-nuts who are illogical, don't believe in evolution and are generally skeptical of science? Also, I don't think Republicans are viewed as racist, but more as xenophobes. Talking about "real America", "small town values" and generally acting like a hick is going to repel Asian voters.