Why did Dole win the Asian vote?

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A lot of them are very much against affirmative action and are immigrants or descendants of immigrants who came to escape communism.  HW won the Asian vote in 1992 for the same reason.

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Oh, and opposition to quota-based affirmative action is a big reason too.

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Asians have always respected higher education and intellectualism. The Republican Christian fundamentalism and anti intellectualism has certainly turned off a lot of temperamentally conservative Asians, who would be open to 'pro business', and lower tax policies.

In fairness, Democrats have shown a strong anti-intellectual streak as of late too, implying that science hasn't proven that life begins at conception when it clearly has, silencing facts (even obvious ones) that are politically incorrect, and banning conservative speakers from university campuses.

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Gore won the Asian vote 55-41!
Dole won the Asian vote 48-44!

How did Asians swing D+18 amidst an R+8 overall swing?

(How much of the population of Orange County, Florida and Charles County, Maryland was Asian in 1998; halfway between the 2 elections, the 2 Counties that voted for both Dole and Gore)?

Kind of how suburbs that swung to Clinton in 1992 stayed democrat ever since despite voting republican before. Suburbanites/Asians hated the democrats but once the economy was good during Clinton they kept voting Democrat ever since. (Note: this is for 1996->2000 not after when a new younger generation of asian americans made the demographic strongly blue).

This was mostly because of social issues and being turned off by the rise of religious conservatives in the GOP, not economics.

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Asians have always respected higher education and intellectualism. The Republican Christian fundamentalism and anti intellectualism has certainly turned off a lot of temperamentally conservative Asians, who would be open to 'pro business', and lower tax policies.

In fairness, Democrats have shown a strong anti-intellectual streak as of late too, implying that science hasn't proven that life begins at conception when it clearly has, silencing facts (even obvious ones) that are politically incorrect, and banning conservative speakers from university campuses.

The difference is that the anti-science morons are in power in the GOP, like James Inhofe and his embarrassing crusade against climate change. Democratic leaders like Elizabeth Warren condemn suppression of free speech.

Democrats have plenty of anti-science morons too, who deny that life begins at conception and insist that vaccines cause autism.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Asians have always respected higher education and intellectualism. The Republican Christian fundamentalism and anti intellectualism has certainly turned off a lot of temperamentally conservative Asians, who would be open to 'pro business', and lower tax policies.

In fairness, Democrats have shown a strong anti-intellectual streak as of late too, implying that science hasn't proven that life begins at conception when it clearly has, silencing facts (even obvious ones) that are politically incorrect, and banning conservative speakers from university campuses.

The difference is that the anti-science morons are in power in the GOP, like James Inhofe and his embarrassing crusade against climate change. Democratic leaders like Elizabeth Warren condemn suppression of free speech.

Democrats have plenty of anti-science morons too, who deny that life begins at conception and insist that vaccines cause autism.

The current leader of the Republican Party is the most prominent antivaxxer in America. Don't know how you see that as a Democrat thing.

Most antivaxxers are hippie types from the West Coast who think that "natural" and holistic medicine are better than traditional medicine (because doctors are out to kill you, for some strange reason.)  These are the same people who use essential oils and Eastern medicine, and they are overwhelmingly left-wing.  Trump actually shares a lot in common with the far left--more than they'd like to admit, which is why he is not a true conservative.