Why don't Asians vote Republican?

[HAnnA MArin County]

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?

[HAnnA MArin County]

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.

True, the only problem is that in supporting that position the Republican Party also panders to a base of voters who would like to use skin color as a reason not to hire someone.  A very large and vociferous portion of the Republican base consists of people who use terms like "real America" when talking about lily white rural communities and question the citizenship of a man whose mother was born in Kansas and whose grandfather served in the US army during WWII. 

So, I don't see why its a mystery that minority voters prefer not to align themselves with a party whose supporters are offended by the very presence of minorities in this country.  Until the Republican Party base becomes more tolerant, minorities will continue to vote with the Democrats.  

Stealing the South from the Democrats turned out to be a brilliant short-term strategy for the GOP when LBJ ended the Democratic alliance with Jim Crow.  Now, its coming back to bite the Republicans in the ass.

Thank you, Padfoot. That's the point I was trying to get across. I didn't mention affirmative action although I personally am opposed to it at all levels and if that makes me a racist then so be it, but I digress. I'm used to be calling a racist after supporting Hillary - the racist accusation doesn't phase me at all.

Obviously, Hispanics have been voting so Democratic lately because of the hard-line conservative anti-immigration rhetoric coming from the Republican Party, and we have threads on here discussing why Asians and Native Americans vote Democratic as well. The gender gap seems to be back as well, as I think women have moved more towards the Democratic Party again. Jews seem to be an increasing stronghold for Democrats, and I doubt Democrats have to worry about losing the gay community to the Republicans as long as their party is driven by the Bible thumping bigots and homophobic rednecks who like to compare homosexuals to pedophiles and bestiality and incest and other vile things.

(Interestingly enough, and I'm ashamed to say it, but bestiality is actually legal in Missouri but same-sex marriage is not. We're a pretty f_cked up state).

[HAnnA MArin County]

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.

True, the only problem is that in supporting that position the Republican Party also panders to a base of voters who would like to use skin color as a reason not to hire someone.  A very large and vociferous portion of the Republican base consists of people who use terms like "real America" when talking about lily white rural communities and question the citizenship of a man whose mother was born in Kansas and whose grandfather served in the US army during WWII. 

So, I don't see why its a mystery that minority voters prefer not to align themselves with a party whose supporters are offended by the very presence of minorities in this country.  Until the Republican Party base becomes more tolerant, minorities will continue to vote with the Democrats.  

Stealing the South from the Democrats turned out to be a brilliant short-term strategy for the GOP when LBJ ended the Democratic alliance with Jim Crow.  Now, its coming back to bite the Republicans in the ass.

Thank you, Padfoot. That's the point I was trying to get across. I didn't mention affirmative action although I personally am opposed to it at all levels and if that makes me a racist then so be it, but I digress. I'm used to be calling a racist after supporting Hillary - the racist accusation doesn't phase me at all.

Obviously, Hispanics have been voting so Democratic lately because of the hard-line conservative anti-immigration rhetoric coming from the Republican Party, and we have threads on here discussing why Asians and Native Americans vote Democratic as well. The gender gap seems to be back as well, as I think women have moved more towards the Democratic Party again. Jews seem to be an increasing stronghold for Democrats, and I doubt Democrats have to worry about losing the gay community to the Republicans as long as their party is driven by the Bible thumping bigots and homophobic rednecks who like to compare homosexuals to pedophiles and bestiality and incest and other vile things.

(Interestingly enough, and I'm ashamed to say it, but bestiality is actually legal in Missouri but same-sex marriage is not. We're a pretty ed up state).

Conservatives aren't anti-immigration, they're anti-illegal immigration, as all parties should be.  Is it really that much to ask for a license before voting?  I mean seriously.

Yes, anti-ILLEGAL immigration, thank you.

Would you accept Green cards, or VISAs? - and by VISAs I don't mean the credit cards lol

[HAnnA MArin County]

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.

The Republican Party and its affiliates pander to a white, reactionary, right-wing base and stirs up those voters by portraying minorities in a bad light.  There is a long history of this.  There was Nixon's "Southern Strategy" in 1968.  I remember how Bush I used Willie Horton ads against Michael Dukakis in 1988.  And don't get me started at the various comments from the right about Sonia Sotomayor.  Perhaps the lowest point was when an ad said she supported Puerto Rican terrorists.  Jeff Sessions fanned these flames when he said that her affiliation with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund made her "unsuitable for the bench" and claimed the group had taken "shocking" positions with regard to terrorism. 

I take issue with the assumption that an affirmative action hire is less skilled than the supposed (white male) standard.  Sotomayor has more experience as a federal judge than anyone currently serving on the S.C. did at the time of their nomination.  Is she less qualified or "skilled" than Roberts or Alito?

As for the topic at hand, I am Asian and given their treatment of minorities over the years, I view the GOP with contempt.

Agree with everything you said about Sonia Sotomayor. The Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were absolutely vile an downright repulsive when they questioned her, especially Jeff Racist Sessions and Lindsey Graham Cracker. They tried to find any gaffe or "oops" in her voting record to portray her as this left-wing liberal judicial activist but I think it's backfired on them. Critics of her nomination like to say that Obama only selected her because she is a Latina. I don't know much about her voting record but I will say that after watching her speak at the hearings, I do believe she is qualified to serve as a Supreme Court justice. I felt sorry for this woman when she was questioned by the Republicans; it was like she was being badgered by them. I almost wanted to rise up and say, "Objection! Badgering the witness."

But yeah, Jeff Sessions should not only be ousted out of office (I deplore the people of Alabama for continuously sending him back to the U.S. Senate) but needs to be removed from the Senate Judiciary Committee as well because he was rejected by the committee when he was nominated to a federal judgeship because they perceived him as a racist (seems like a conflict of interest if you ask me). For him or any of his Republican colleagues to accuse Sotomayor of being a reverse racist (whatever that means) is just a shady and downright pathetic attempt at a defense mechanism meant to conceal their own racism/bigotry/ignorance/hate/intolerance. Did you notice how they kept invoking the name of Miguel Estrada? Hm, wonder why this was.

I see your point, Ogre Mage, as to how insensitive and vicious they are to minorities. Being a minority myself, I view with the GOP with great contempt as well. They seem to only ponder to their base made up of angry old white farts, Corporate America and the Bible thumpers and all the hicks and rednecks in the boonies who promulgate racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism and other forms of hate. While I'm a Democrat because I support our principles of universal health care, raising the minimum wage, etc., I feel more welcomed in the party because I'm not told I must be a conservative white God-fearing heterosexual Christian male who loves America, baseball and Mom's apple pie to be successful or patriotic nor am I labeled a "DINO" or told that I'm going to Hell every time I disagree with my party on any issue ranging from abortion to zoning.

[HAnnA MArin County]

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Because they're smart enough to think what a republican presidency will do to this country.

This.

Not to be stereotypical, but Asian Americans are extremely smart and higher educated voters do tend to vote more Democratic. That and they are much more pro-science than pro-let's only teach what the Bible says about physics and biology and evolution and etc.