Asian Vote by State

[Jaggerjack]

How did Asian-Americans vote depending on states (e.g. how did Californian Asians, Texan Asians, etc.) vote?

[Jaggerjack]

The otherwise faulty book The Emerging Democratic Majority (2002) had a great chapter on Asian voters. It said that Chinese and Vietnamese-Americans used to vote heavily Republican because they were more anti-communist (same reason that Cubans did). Ever since 1992 though, all Asian groups seem to moving towards the Democrats.

while Indians were split, showing a slight preferrece for Bush.

Thats interesting, do you know why?

I have no clue where everyone's getting that Indians voted for Bush. They went strongly for Kerry in 2004.

[Jaggerjack]

Hmong-Americans = Strong Democrat

Really? I've got several Hmong friends, and their families are usually pretty Republican.

I remember reading from some exit poll that in 2004, Hmongs voted 90% Democratic, and Indians weren't very far behind.

[Jaggerjack]

http://www.aaldef.org/images/04-20-05_exit_poll_report.pdf

[Jaggerjack]

Chinese-Americans = Lean Democrat, historically lean Republican.
Filipino-Americans = Strong Lean Democrat
Japanese-Americans = Strong Lean Democrat
Korean-Americans = Strong Lean Democrat
Indian-Americans = Split now becoming more Democratic.
Pakistani-Americans = Strong Republican becoming Strong Democratic
Vietnamese-Americans = Strong Republican becoming Strong Lean Republican
Hmong-Americans = Strong Democrat

Also with Korean Americans I'm also a little surprised that they lean towards the Democrats since many Koreans in America are small businessmen or are in business fields of some form or another. Also I've noticed that Koreans tend to have a strong family oriented and religious tradition so I'm kind puzzled?     

The Koreans of Fresno County are split, but from anecdotal evidence and what my Korean friends in Los Angeles have said that they are mostly Democrats with a few voting Republican for foreign policy concerns.

Naturally I would expect Buddhists to vote more Democratic.

Well, I would expect that Asian-Americans tend to reflect their surrounding demographics; thus, in the Central Valley, they're probably more conservative than their liberal Bay Area counterparts.

BTW, has anybody read the exit poll I posted?