I’m amazed Republicans don’t dominate with Asian voters. They should. They’re natural fits for the Republican party. They work hard and study hard and achieve. Their kids get discriminated against because they as a group perform so well academically. How many do you know living on the dole? For that matter, how many work for government rather than in private business?
When I was in Illinois, the leader of the local Bhuddist temple was also national chair of the Laotian Republican Organization, which included both Bhuddist and Alliance Laotians and a few Vietnamese. Their headquarters was in the offices of the Family Taxpayer Network. It was amazing to see Republican candidates come into the office, beg big donor Jack Roeser for money, and totally ignore the Laotian in the room. His Bhuddist temples full of anti-communists who would give their lives to fight Communism, as so many of their family had done
When the 2d most conservative and 1st most libertarian politician in Illinois won, it was the Bhuddists who gave him the victory.
But when other conservative/libertarian candidates came in, he did not exist. We need to learn from our mistakes. The 2d and 3rd generation Laotians saw this. Gradually their vote was not as solid... people don’t like to be ignored or written off.
Lot of poor Asians in NYC - Flushing is full of them. I’m sure a lot of them are on the dole.
Yep...that’s a big mystery to me too. And for some time
’m amazed Republicans don’t dominate with Asian voters. They should. They’re natural fits for the Republican party. They work hard and study hard and achieve. Their kids get discriminated against because they as a group perform so well academically. How many do you know living on the dole? For that matter, how many work for government rather than in private business?
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They may be hard workers and do well academically, but their culture is naturally collective and socialist.
They used to dominate. But Democrats have chipped away at them.
California at one time was Republican. OK, a long time ago .... but Reagan was governor! Orange County was solid Republican ... now blue.
The Republican Party ought to make an effort in CA ... they do not.
Why?
All those characteristics you speak of with Asians are quite true, but they are not known as independent thinkers. That, to me is one of the roadblocks to widespread Asian voting for Republican candidates. Plus, they have a strong tendency to look out for their families and Welfare offerings, particularly to newly arrived immigrants, probably strike them as very humanitarian.
I was under the impression that 90 percent or more of the CA Asians are in the hip pocket of the Democrats. Maybe it’s just 70 percent.