Bobby Jindal impact on South Asian Americans.

[Torie]

The 90-9 figure is totally ridiculous. There are too many wealthy Indians for whom voting democrat is against their financial interests. Also a lot of those 3.5 million south asians are not citizens and even if they were are many times not interested in voting. Sadly Jindal may cause many to vote for Mccain but I will still hold out hope the community is smarter than this. Overall though it would not make that much of a difference in the election.

Total nonsense. An Indian American is running a serious campaign for the nomination of the GOP in my state senate seat, and was very well funded. I will have to check out how he did. No, I didn't vote for him.

[Torie]

You are all wrong. All the Indians I know are Democrats. Two-thirds are not citizens. My anecdotal evidence trumps your anecdotal evidence.

Maybe, but it is not 10-1. It deserves more research however. My next door neighbor is from India, via London,  and he is more conservative than I am, and is worried about my left wing tendencies. So there!

[Torie]

The 90-9 figure is totally ridiculous. There are too many wealthy Indians for whom voting democrat is against their financial interests. Also a lot of those 3.5 million south asians are not citizens and even if they were are many times not interested in voting. Sadly Jindal may cause many to vote for Mccain but I will still hold out hope the community is smarter than this. Overall though it would not make that much of a difference in the election.

Total nonsense. An Indian American is running a serious campaign for the nomination of the GOP in my state senate seat, and was very well funded. I will have to check out how he did. No, I didn't vote for him.

What did I say that was nonsense? Anyways what senate seat are you in? I never heard of this guy either.

What you said was not nonsense, the 90% figure was nonsense. I live in the 33rd state senate district in California, and it appears that Harry Sidhu is losing the GOP nomination by about 3-1. He even had an Indian accent, and advertised heavily. By he was a city councilman in Anaheim, and his opponent was a women from South County, in the state house of representatives, and better known. They both are considerably more right wing than I am.

[Torie]

My neighbor is a Hindu (at least I assume he is, and he has this Buddha looking  thing in his walkway, and  thinks Muslims need to be kept out of the US because they are dangerous). His father grew up in Tanzania or Kenya before decamping to London. And when he has parties, lots of Indian looking folks show up in SUV's. No greenies in sight! He teaches computer science at the local state university.

[Torie]

Well you don't live in Orange County for starters.

I will try this weekend to try to find some harder data on this matter. I think Indians from India (not Pakistan or Bangladesh) are pretty evenly split politically, but I need to refresh my memory. Muslims have soured on Bush, no doubt about it.

[Torie]

Er what does "social ppl" mean? Where do you go to school if I may ask? UCLA?

[Torie]

Too much Orange County!!!!!!!!111111111111

Ya, all two of us. 

[Torie]

Too much Orange County!!!!!!!!111111111111

Hey its a nice place to visit!!!!

Yes, almost as good as Dodger Stadium.

Have you ever been  to "God's" county Xahar? 

[Torie]

Too much Orange County!!!!!!!!111111111111

Hey its a nice place to visit!!!!

Yes, almost as good as Dodger Stadium.

Have you ever been  to "God's" county Xahar? 

Which county would that be?

This one:

[Torie]

Too much Orange County!!!!!!!!111111111111

Hey its a nice place to visit!!!!

Yes, almost as good as Dodger Stadium.

Have you ever been  to "God's" county Xahar? 

Riverside?

Riverside is a big county.

[Torie]

Well you might, if you become an avid golfer someday.  Other than that, you might not ever get there.

[Torie]

Well you might, if you become an avid golfer someday.  Other than that, you might not ever get there.

Oh you are talking about the gay part of Riverside county .. Well I think Riverside county is pretty socially conservative. In some way similar to the central valley.

Well that is Palm Springs, and that place  is not primarily about golf. It gets much more "traditional" and "golfy"  (and old overall) as one moves down the Coachella Valley. Yes, the place  is pretty socially conservative, overall.

[Torie]

Well, this is what I have come up with so far, a poll conducted in September, 2004, and based on a small sample, the result is that Asian Indians split 53% Kerry, 14% Bush, and 30% undecided. So, it looks like I might have been in error in my assumptions.  I hate when that happens!