A New Political Force Emerged in Georgia: Asian American voters

[lfromnj]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/us/georgia-asian-american-voters.html

“I would love to be a Republican, but right now they’re just crazy,” said Jae Song, 50, an IT worker who was picking up lunch at Vietvana Pho Noodle House in Duluth, an upscale town in Gwinnett County that is 24 percent Asian-American. Mr. Song, a Korean immigrant, said he loved Mr. Trump on the economy, but hated him on the coronavirus. His daughter in New York has had racist slurs flung at her. But he said he was also confused by Democrats’ priorities.

He had heard a lot of the phrase “Black lives matter,” and he understood that. But this also led him to wonder, “What about us?”

Honestly the goal for either party is to be seen as less racist than the other one , this coalition of woke activists + minorities can't be kept perfectly forever lol.

[mileslunn]

I believe in Georgia, the largest Asian-American group are Indian-Americans and many are in tech sector or medicine so if GOP weren't so anti-science might do better there.

[neostassenite31]

The margins among various minority groups are certain to swing around from cycle to cycle depending on the candidates, but unless the fundamental identity politics difference between the Democrats and Republicans change (in naked terms: that Democrats by nature favor minority groups foremost whereas Republicans prioritize the interests of Whites first), it would be virtually impossible for Republicans to outright win the Asian demographic group or truly come within striking distance (this did not actually occur in 2014).       

[Non Swing Voter]

I believe in Georgia, the largest Asian-American group are Indian-Americans and many are in tech sector or medicine so if GOP weren't so anti-science might do better there.

But that's their whole thing, a political platform based on stupidity.  This allows them to attract morons who vote against their own economic interests.

[ملكة كرينجيتوك]

From Nov 13. AALDEF is NOT nationally representative and may be skewed toward foreign-born and limited English proficiency voters.

https://www.aaldef.org/press-release/aaldef-exit-poll-asian-americans-favor-biden-over-trump-68-to-29-played-role-in-close-races-in-georgia-and-other-battleground-states/

New York, NY – The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) today released new data from its exit poll of 5,424 Asian American voters in 13 states and Washington, DC, noting the importance of the Asian American vote in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Nevada.

Georgia-specific results:

• Asian Americans decisively chose Joe Biden over Donald Trump by a margin of 62% to 36%.
• In the U.S. Senate races, Asian Americans voted for Democratic candidates over Republicans by a margin of 61% to 34%.
• All Asian ethnic groups in the state supported Biden over Trump except for Korean American voters (60% for Trump and 39% for Biden).
• Among voters not enrolled in any party, the breakout was 63% for Biden and 30% for Trump, and among voters affiliated with other parties, 60% for Biden and 20% for Trump.
• First-time voters supported Biden by a wide margin 61% to 36%.

[2952-0-0]

From Nov 13. AALDEF is NOT nationally representative and may be skewed toward foreign-born and limited English proficiency voters.

https://www.aaldef.org/press-release/aaldef-exit-poll-asian-americans-favor-biden-over-trump-68-to-29-played-role-in-close-races-in-georgia-and-other-battleground-states/

Not specific to Georgia, but:

It's very interesting to note that US-born Asian-Americans favored Biden at African-American levels, but foreign-born ones were far closer. From my anecdotal experience, the first-generation tend to have personally conservative views, leading to a backlash from their children who experience a much more liberal background culture. A vocal number of them feel the need to prove their POC-status and wokeness to integrate fully into the US experience. "Asian-American" is an umbrella terminology, but given the high value placed on education on most of the ethnicities, the US-born ones are much more likely to assimilate into the "white college-educated" demographic, and vote accordingly.

I'm still stunned that the US-born ones are as reliably D as African-Americans.

It will also be interesting to see how the first-generation view politics in the US and in their native country. I think the number of them who supported Biden in the US but who also support right-wing demagogues like Modi and Duterte in the native country is uncomfortably high.