Posted on 12/01/2012 6:50:41 AM PST by blam
Why Asian Americans Voted So Overwhelmingly For Obama
Menzie Chinn, Econbrowser
Dec. 1, 2012, 7:18 AM
Menzie Chinn is a professor at Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs
Noahpinion asks: “[W]hy did Asian-Americans break so strongly for Obama? I provide my (slightly different) answer.
As Noahpinion observes, given Asian American’s higher than average income, the Romney-esque argument that the group is one of “takers” not “makers” cannot be correct (of course, there is little empirical content to this particular thesis, anyway). 2012 was not an isolated event, by the way.
I am not a political scientist, and so am not particularly well-qualified to provide a proper quantitative analysis. But I can at least relay some thoughts based upon my own experiences on why some Chinese-Americans of a certain background might not feel comfortable with the Republican party. First, consider the composition of the party leadership, as represented by the new House Committee Chairmen:
Source: DailyKos.
Of course, it’s the policies that matter more. And here, I think the key factor of importance to Chinese-Americans is pragmatism (the generation of my parents -- who came from China -- saw enough rigid, dogmatic ideology run amok, thank you very much), and a belief in progress by way of science and technology. In this vein, Richard Posner speculates that Asian-Americans lean toward the Democratic party, despite the low-tax rate stance of the Republican party, because:
... being well educated as a group, Asian Americans may be disturbed by the hostility to science, particularly evolutionary biology, which Republican supporters and politicians have exhibited of late.
Charles Murray tries to explain Asian-American voting as pure mis-apprehension, to wit:
(snip)
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
I already regret this quip, but what the hey: They have a slanted way of looking at things.
demographics bump for later.........
Asians believe in Santa Claus too! Everybody loves freebies and they knew Barry would give them plenty of freebies.
It was because Obama was born in Hawaii, which is in Asia.
” Like attracts like” is so applicable. Look at the chart and see that the three non-Caucasian ethnic groups charted, including the orientals joining the other two, each have a different historical societal base than the USA. These groups for the most part today with extreme immigration do not fathom or want to live under a government intended by our Founders. They come/came to the USA to get in on the ‘milk and honey’. I also am suspicious that the Muslim population has much the same propensity.
I'm Not too sure I buy this nonsense about Republicans being anti-science. Having worked with a few Chinese nationals I have noticed that they are very smart and good technicians, until something out of the ordinary happens. Then they need to be told exactly how to proceed. IMHO it comes from living under an authoritarian system (I noticed the same thing with many of the Russian nationals). You never want to think outside of the box lest the authorities notice you. Let's translate that to the election. If you have the mindset of the government telling you what to do , who will you vote for? The guy who says "free markets", and "you can make it on your own or possibly fail" OR the party of "I'll take care of you no matter what , you just need to support me"?
I have no statistical proof for this , just my own observation for what it's worth.
In the early 90s, Asians had first-generation and fresh first-hand memories of communist rule in Viet Nam and China. I personally know Viet Namese people who have shared their incredible tales of fleeing communist tyranny. Many Asians in American also had relatives living under tyranny.
Now we are 1-1/2 generations away from those first-hand experiences. Americans are now one to two generations away from the Cold War experiences of living under the communist threat.
Is it really a surprise that young people today, who have no life experiences with tyranny, are beginning to embrace communism as “just another lifestyle”?
He died and with his insurance money she bought a Chinese restaurant. She employs 35 people and you don't want to get her started about democrats and how they are choking the life out of small businesses and especially her small business.
Her employees already have insurance through her business, not the best but she has no idea what obamacare is going to do or require.
She also wonders why I haven't been to her restaurant, which is not that far away, my wife and kids have been and they love it, I just don't have the heart to tell her that I detest even the smell of Chinese food, I think it may be the smell of soy sauce that permeates everything, even the parking lot.
The Daily Koz a radical gay left wing website is propaganda and the source for this crap !
I am saying the exit polls are pure statistical crap and meaningless but if the left likes the results they spin it non stop .
Which is exactly what is going on!
How many people were interviewed and in what cities ?
No data there !
Do you see any analysis of Asians in San Frn vote different than those in Houston ? No data there !
Do Chinese vote different than Japanese ??
No data there !
It’s far left wing propaganda using a broad brush with no reliable source!
It tells me 2 things.
1) We need to stop having these knock down drag out primaries where the losers only halfheartedly support the winner. That doesn't happen on the left. After the Hilderbeast lost in '08 there wasn't this mass of liberals who stayed home, on the contrary they were as united as the Nazis in the Reichstag back in the 30s.
2) The GOP establishment needs to stop treating small government conservatives like red headed step children. Maybe start talking up the fundamental principles of our founding such as freedom, small government, home rule (state control of programs). Stop trying to play the "progressive lite" game. Romney didn't help himself when he refused to admit that Romney care was a mistake, yet still said he wanted to "repeal and replace" 0bamacare (talk about a mixed message)
Sad but very very true.
Not very very true, but very sad that you think that way.
Most Asians in America have very traditional values regarding religion, families, economics, etc. They should be on our side (and some of them are).
Problem is, many have been brainwashed by the liberal establishment in America.
While they were busy studying mathematics and science in high school and college, Asians were also getting a "liberal" dose of Anti-Americanism in their social studies and history classes.
Since they were taught never to question teachers, Asian kids swallowed the poison and refocused on classes that they were interested in.
A lot of Asians don't care so much about politics, and they can be easily influenced in these matters. Someone just needs to let them know that liberal Democrat policies (that they heard from academia) are wrong and against their self-interest.
Don't count them out so easily.
...Republicans are seen by Asians—as they are by Latinos, blacks, and some large proportion of whites—as the party of Bible-thumping, anti-gay, anti-abortion creationists. Factually, that’s ludicrously inaccurate.
In other words, for the Republican party to make inroads into the Asian-American voting bloc (which split 73-26 in favor of Obama), they will need to do more than make some vague noises about greater ethnic inclusion. They will need to think more deeply about whether the age of the earth is closer to 4000 or 4 billion years, whether females can negate unwanted pregnancies merely by willing it, and whether statistical theory and/or the central limit theorem is bunk.
Simple explanation for voting:
1. People who do not have a Biblical background tend to vote liberal (other non-Biblical religion, or pretend believers).
1. People who do have a Biblical foundation and are faithful or making an attempt to live by values tend to vote conservatively.
As more people from the rest of the world which has little to do with the Bible move here, the result is obvious. So, we are being told that to win politically, we have to bow down to Baal. They can have it, I will not bow down. And, God will rescue me and those who follow him. And even if he does not, we will still not bow down to Baal.
A lot of these are second-generation Americans, and are part of the Jon Stewart voter block. They are also not original thinkers and would tend to follow the authority of the Cool Guy.
Um...have you ever read any thread remotely having to do with science or scientists on FR?
That’s because we don’t wallow in lies, but you do, obviously.
Answer: They are members of the Third World and as such resent the European and will join with other Third World people to conquer the West.
The Asian example for this recent election demonstrates the fallacy of thinking that just because a group is productive therefor they share the same ideology.
"Those who think only in economic terms are forever victims of those who don't."
Menzie Chinn of TBI (I never link lefty sources) would probably deny Mao’s murder of millions or consider it necessary to “break a few eggs”.
This is krap ...Doesn’t anyone know who LaFollette was ? A leading socialist from Wisconsin. When socialists get to the podium black becomes white but white may remain white only as long as it supports their idea of the universe..
This empahsis on global warming only lays credance to the master plan on oil/coal/gas policies being being implemented by the Obama regime brought out by even by Romney and the reason why energy costs are and where they’re at ..by design
I'm sure this is what you had in mind, when you wrote that: 
Hope you can fix your slanted perception problem soon!
Wai-ming
Perfectly stated.
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