Majority Asian Municipalities Swings in California

[HAnnA MArin County]

Not too surprising, but Mitt Romney did astonishingly pitiful among Asians—except in one city in California: San Marino, which is the fourth richest incorporated community in Los Angeles with a median household income of $154,318.

Alameda County
•Union City (50.42% Asian [39.46% Filipino])
2008: Obama (D) 76.11% - McCain (R) 22.25% = D+ 53.86
2012: Obama (D) 79.21% - Romney (R) 19.14% = D+ 60.07 (Swing: D+ 6.21)
•Fremont (50.30% Asian [35.73% Indian, 35.19% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 71.12% - McCain (R) 27.14% = D+ 43.98
2012: Obama (D) 72.75% - Romney (R) 25.13% = D+ 47.62 (Swing: D+ 3.64)

Los Angeles County
•Monterey Park (66.33% Asian [71.67% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 64.46% - McCain (R) 33.54% = D+ 30.92
2012: Obama (D) 69.76% - Romney (R) 28.24% = D+ 41.52 (Swing: D+ 10.60)
•Walnut (63.23% Asian [56.55% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 56.18% - McCain (R) 41.95% = D+ 14.23
2012: Obama (D) 57.82% - Romney (R) 40.10% = D+ 17.72 (Swing: D+ 3.49)
•Cerritos (61.51% Asian [24.32% Chinese, 23.84% Korean, 23.57% Filipino])
2008: Obama (D) 55.85% - McCain (R) 42.38% = D+ 13.47
2012: Obama (D) 57.90% - Romney (R) 40.54% = D+ 17.36 (Swing: D+ 3.89)
•San Gabriel (60.41% Asian [69.53% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 61.62% - McCain (R) 36.39% = D+ 25.23
2012: Obama (D) 65.31% - Romney (R) 32.47% = D+ 32.84 (Swing: D+ 7.61)
•Rosemead (60.34% Asian [57.62% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 67.53% - McCain (R) 30.67% = D+ 36.86
2012: Obama (D) 76.10% - Romney (R) 22.23% = D+ 53.87 (Swing: D+ 17.01)
•Arcadia (58.95% Asian [75.11% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 49.19% - McCain (R) 48.37% = D+ 0.82
2012: Obama (D) 49.47% - Romney (R) 48.34% = D+ 1.13 (Swing: D+ 0.31)
•Temple City (55.35% Asian [75.20% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 54.79% - McCain (R) 42.89% = D+ 11.90
2012: Obama (D) 58.07% - Romney (R) 39.84% = D+ 18.23 (Swing: D+ 6.33)
•San Marino (53.32% Asian [82.01% Chinese])
2008: McCain (R) 54.14% - Obama (D) 44.44% = R+ 9.70
2012: Romney (R) 58.00% - Obama (D) 40.39% = R+ 17.61 (Swing: R+ 7.91)
•Alhambra (52.52% Asian [70.56% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 67.06% - McCain (R) 30.98% = D+ 36.08
2012: Obama (D) 71.47% - Romney (R) 26.36% = D+ 45.11 (Swing: D+ 9.03)
•Diamond Bar (52.00% Asian [52.00% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 54.92% - McCain (R) 43.22% = D+ 11.70
2012: Obama (D) 54.81% - Romney (R) 43.26% = D+ 11.55 (Swing: R+ 0.15)

San Mateo County
•Daly City (55.09% Asian [59.80% Filipino, 27.75% Chinese])
2008: Obama (D) 74.85% - McCain (R) 23.71% = D+ 51.14
2012: Obama (D) 78.86% - Romney (R) 19.56% = D+ 59.30 (Swing: D+ 8.16)

Santa Clara County
•Cupertino (63.15% Asian [44.93% Chinese, 35.72% Indian, 7.34% Korean])
2008: Obama (D) 70.61% - McCain (R) 27.48% = D+ 43.13
2012: Obama (D) 69.67% - Romney (R) 27.96% = D+ 41.71 (Swing: R+ 1.42)
•Milpitas (61.85% Asian [27.80% Filipino, 24.93% Vietnamese, 24.05% Chinese, 15.29% Indian])
2008: Obama (D) 65.87% - McCain (R) 32.57% = D+ 33.30
2012: Obama (D) 71.75% - Romney (R) 26.22% = D+ 45.53 (Swing: D+ 12.23)