As they say, words matter. For Republicans seeking the long road back to being a national and broad-based party, the movement toward a bipartisan and comprehensive immigration plan is a start, but it doesn’t finish the job. GOP candidates got pounded in the November election among minority voters: Mitt Romney […] Read more »
Political shift of Asian Americans
… While there is less polling than in some other communities, Professors Karthick Ramakrishnan and Taeku Lee’s National Asian American Survey provides useful insight into a group that gave 73 percent of its votes to President Obama, according to exit polling. Indeed, support for the president grew more among Asian […] Read more »
Asian Americans Voted Democrat: We Should Not Be Surprised
… What seems to have caught some pundits by surprise was the finding by the National Election Pool that 73% of Asian Americans voted for Obama, second only to African Americans (93%), and slightly higher than Latino support at 71%. This high level of Asian American support for Obama on […] Read more »
To see future electorate, look at California voters now
The changing face of the American electorate is etched all over the map of California. The Golden State may no longer be a partisan battleground, but it continues to be a reliable bellwether for the evolving national political landscape. [cont.] Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, USC, & Douglas Jeffe (Reuters) Read more »
Could 2012 Be The Year Of The Asian Voter?
There’s a man in Virginia who could quite possibly hold the key to a Mitt Romney victory in November. His name? Peter Su. Su is making a name for himself in Republican circles because in 2009, he managed to help Virginia’s Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell win his election with 60 […] Read more »
Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths
As their numbers rise, Asian Americans are contributing to the diversity of the U.S. religious landscape. From less than 1% of the total U.S. population (including children) in 1965, Asian Americans have increased to 5.8% (or 18.2 million children and adults in 2011, according to the U.S. Census). In the […] Read more »