Why don't Asians vote Republican?

[freepcrusher]

despite recent showings, Asians are not a monolithic group. It really depends what country they are from. Some Asians vote like blacks while others vote like Cubans. I know that there is a large vietnamese population in Garden Grove, which votes republican due to staunch anti-communism.

There are probably a lot of upper middle class/high income asians who don't vote republican for cultural reasons. I'd assume they were offended by comments about the "real america" and have a strong distaste for the trucker hat, flag waving, tobacco spitting, darryl worley listening types in the republican party.

[freepcrusher]

the most nonpartisan way to answer the original question is this: Many Asian Americans were originally republicans because they were staunch anti-communists and supported the republican party's anticommunist positions. Once the Cold War was over however, they began migrating to the democratic party once the issue of communism was over.