Japanese Americans tend to be fairly Republican.
Really? I thought Japanese were among the most Democratic Asian-American voters, having neither the Chinese and Vietnamese anti-Communist thing nor Filipino- or Korean-style Christian conservatism.
Not since the 1990s at least. They were probably GOP till Clinton, assuming the Japanese-American internment during the FDR era had some impact.
Japanese Americans are one of the least religious Asian groups and Asians overall are very non religious. That would explain their voting patterns. It would be interesting to find out how they voted before the 90's.
Yeah, but the RR wasn't a politically potent force till like 1994 and Japanese-Americans seem to be regressing pretty fast to the mean culturally.
If I had to guess
1988-2008 - Dem
1972-1984 - GOP
Though I'm sure in the 1930s/1940s they would have been GOP, internment issues and such.
No idea before that.
