Why don't Asians vote Republican?

[minionofmidas]

For the same reason that Black, Latinos and Natives don't vote Republican : because GOP hates minorities and clearly make it understand.

ummm, are you just playing a game or are you really that brainwashed?

"Hate" might be too strong a word, but it's certainly far too close for comfort to make any sane contemplate voting for his enemies:

Minorities only like the Democratic Party because the Democratic Party panders to them and they believe in affirmative action instead of hiring a person based on their skill.  The Republicans are not very popular with minorities because the Republicans don't pander to their every whim.

Of course, there's the whole modern cosmopolitan angle. Asians might have a lot bigger incomes on average, but they tend to live with and think like the kind of rich White that doesn't vote Rethuglican either. Note that the GOP collapse among Asians is a recent trend. They were competitive there as late as ten years ago. They are still competitive with some Asian groups.

[minionofmidas]

How many African American Republicans are serving in Congress? None.

How many Hispanic/Latino Republicans are serving in Congress? Four, I think, and they're Cuban Americans and some have said that they don't really qualify as real Latinos. (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Diaz-Balart brothers, and Mel Martinez).

How many Asian American Republicans are serving in Congress? One (Joseph Cao - and he'll be gone in 2010).

How many Native American Republicans are serving in Congress? None. 

How many women are Republicans are in Congress? 21 (out of 91) in both the House (17/74) and Senate (4/17).

How many Jewish Republicans in Congress are there? One (Eric Cantor).

How many LGBT Republicans in Congress are there? None.

Yeah I wouldn't exactly call the Republicans the party of the minorities but more so the party of old angry white men. Republicans don't necessarily hate minorities (aside from homosexuals); they just, well, how do I put this diplomatically, don't tolerate differences?

Minorities only like the Democratic Party because the Democratic Party panders to them and they believe in affirmative action instead of hiring a person based on their skill.  The Republicans are not very popular with minorities because the Republicans don't pander to their every whim.

Asians are hurt the most by affirmative action, idiot. Try again.

Err...what?

They're no fans of it, that much is obvious. But they would stand to be the people profitting most from a general application, much as in India not-too-badly-oppressed groups who somehow got on the Schedules are the ones who profit most. Which is entirely unsurprising if you think about it. They have a leg up on those below them already, so they're also best placed to take advantage of offered advantages. (Actually, I seem to recall a study pointing out how far more White women than Blacks of either race have been hired thanks to Affirmative Action policies. Mind you, that would be a study from the early 90s.)

[minionofmidas]

And Africans?


2010 figures are not available yet, or maybe well hidden, but in 2000, of 18,000 Asians in Mississippi 70% were foreign born, half of these being citizens and almost half had arrived in America in the 90s [EDIT: of the foreign born that is, just noticed its not worded too well]; 5000 of them were living in Harrison County alone; 5500 of them were Vietnamese, over half of them living in Harrison, and about 3000 each were Indian, Chinese and Filipino. The Harrison County and Vietnamese subgroups had above-average US nativity rates and an earlier average arrival date, though a broadly average citizenship rate among the immigrant population.
Virtually no Asians in Mississippi spoke no English, but over 30% spoke it "well" or "not well" (as opposed to "very well"). That figure was almost 40% in Harrison County, and an actual majority among Vietnamese.
Didn't check for income stats.