The Asian Vote by Ethnic Group

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Vietnamese Americans swung from 67% support for McCain to 54% support for Romney. Filipinos, another group with a significant number of Republicans, went from voting 39% for McCain to 32% for Romney. Koreans and Chinese also swung fairly hard going from 35% and 26% respectively for McCain to 20% and 17% respectively for Romney. Indians actually swung towards Romney though. Only 8% of Indians voted for McCain but it went up to 14% for Romney. I suppose it happened because taxes and the economy, not war and being anti-Bush, were the big issues.

Another thing I learned is that Vietnamese shrimpers in Louisiana vote like deep south whites.

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This poll isn't fool proof, especially if you look at the overall numbers. I highly doubt 9% of Asian voters were Bangladeshi.

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What about all the reports that Romney got massacred in predominantly Vietnamese communities on the west coast? Surely the LA shrimpers and Viet communities elsewhere can't overtake the Cali Vietnamese vote?

Makes me suspect there are serious MoE issues here.

No, no massacre. More like a major swing towards Obama. Since the Vietnamese heavy OC cities like Garden Grove and Westminster also have a fairly large Hispanic population, this led to them voting for Obama (especially Garden Grove which has a tiny anglo population). It could be the case that even in 2012 Vietnamese voted for the Republicans. But nothing like the margins you saw in 2008 or before.

Also, we might be overlooking the Korean vote. I think there might have been a swing to Obama there as well. OC Koreans are fairly Republican (but still voting Democrat as a whole) as many of them moved there after the LA riots. The cities to look at there would be Fullerton and Buena Park. I will try and look at the OC SOV later tonight to see if those cities swung to Obama.

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Do the post 1949 Chinese people vote more like the Vietnamese?

Nope. Most Chinese people are actually post 1949. Of course California has a long history of Chinese residents, but most have immigrated in the last 30-40 years.

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What professions are Indians in British Columbia associated with?

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What professions are Indians in British Columbia associated with?

Their mixed, but many are blue collar workers.  You also have several in the service industry and some professionals too.

I get the feeling that Indians in Canada are more blue collar than the US which would impact their voting habits, no? I think a lot of Indians in the US would feel more comfortable with the Liberals than NDP. Of course, I doubt many would vote for the Conservative party, which means not many will vote for the Republicans who are even more conservative than the Canadian party. Though didn't the Conservatives do well with Asians last time around? Or was that just the Chinese?

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What professions are Indians in British Columbia associated with?

Their mixed, but many are blue collar workers.  You also have several in the service industry and some professionals too.

I get the feeling that Indians in Canada are more blue collar than the US which would impact their voting habits, no? I think a lot of Indians in the US would feel more comfortable with the Liberals than NDP. Of course, I doubt many would vote for the Conservative party, which means not many will vote for the Republicans who are even more conservative than the Canadian party. Though didn't the Conservatives do well with Asians last time around? Or was that just the Chinese?

The Conservatives did well with the Chinese, but not the East Indians.  Also the visible minority vote was lower for them than the white vote, but they didn't get clobbered like the GOP did.  It was 31% vs. the overall national average of 40%.  By contrast it was 59% for the GOP amongst whites while only 20% amongst minorities so a much smaller gap in Canada.  I should note in Britain also, the East Indians voted overwhelmingly for the Labour Party with Conservative support only in the teens.  Not sure how it breaks down in Australia although I am pretty sure Labor Party does better amongst minorities than the Liberals.

Well, there are historical reasons for why Indians would not like the Tories in the UK. Interestingly, in some of the more well to do areas with a fair amount of Indians in them, the Lib Dems seemed to do well. Again, that makes sense to me. Anyways, just like Canada, Indians in the UK are much more working class.