The LA Times has an interesting article here on the way the Republicans lost the Asian vote.
Until they return from the Tea Party Right wing policies (and there is little sign of that at the moment), it is hard to see Asians returning to them. Some extracts:
Asian Americans have shifted dramatically away from the Republican Party over the last two decades — more so than any other voting group. In 1992, Republican George H.W. Bush won 55% of the Asian American vote against Democrat Bill Clinton. Last year, President Obama won 73% against Republican Mitt Romney, a better showing than the president's 71% support among Latinos, according to exit polls....
The shift in Asian American political sentiments started during the Clinton years and owes much to the prosperity of his two terms as president, which enhanced the appeal of a Democratic Party that, from the civil rights movement on, had always seemed more welcoming to minorities.
Hastening the trend has been the rightward turn of the Republican Party.
Opinion surveys have found Asian Americans more willing than white voters to support tax hikes to reduce the federal deficit, more supportive of a large, activist government, friendlier toward immigrants in the country illegally and more favorably disposed to Obamacare than voters overall. All those positions clash with today's prevailing GOP sentiment.
The harsh Republican tone on immigration, directed mainly at people crossing illegally from Mexico, has been especially damaging.
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