Asian Americans overwhelmingly voted Democrats in midterms

[Koba St]

Data show that Asian-Americans are continuing to trend left.

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) recently released its exit poll from last week’s midterm elections, which included responses from more than 7,600 Asian-Americans who voted. The survey found that the group overwhelmingly favored Democratic candidates.

It also showed that the lion’s share of Asian-Americans disapproved of Donald Trump’s performance as president and did not support candidates who embraced Trump and his policies.

In Texas, 64 percent of Asian-Americans voted for Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke, who secured about 48 percent of the overall votes. About a third of the Asian community voted for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who won with about 51 percent of the vote.

In the Georgia gubernatorial race, Asian-American voters supported Democrat Stacey Abrams at more than 80 percent while only 15 percent supported Republican candidate Brian Kemp.

Jerry Vattamala, democracy program director at AALDEF, told HuffPost that Trump’s policies have distanced many Asian-Americans who immigrated through visas for high-skilled workers or via family-based immigration.

“Attacks on immigrants and racist rhetoric, increasingly aimed at Asian immigrants and Asian-Americans, had some harmful consequences for the Republican Party,” he told HuffPost.

Asian-Americans Favored Democrats By Far In Midterms: Exit Poll

 

[Strapped]

Why are they being bamboozled by wp on that affirmative action lawsuit tho

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Why are they being bamboozled by wp on that affirmative action lawsuit tho

Because they benefit from it.

They are moving left because they're not trying to get caught up in that immigration issue. Plus, those Chinese tariffs are causing problems.

 

[Robbie3000]

Because they benefit from it.

They are moving left because they're not trying to get caught up in that immigration issue. Plus, those Chinese tariffs are causing problems.

They voted 70%+ for Obama.

At this point, the GOP is the party of white men and married white women.

Everyone else is voting majority democratic

 

[Pressure]

They voted 70%+ for Obama.

At this point, the GOP is the party of white men and married white women.

Everyone else is voting majority democratic

And @theworldismine13 @DEAD7 @Losttribe and other smart dumb c00ns

 

[Losttribe]

And @theworldismine13 @DEAD7 @Losttribe and other smart dumb c00ns

Im not a gop voter..

But Im proud to not be a dem pawn

 

[Secure Da Bag]

They voted 70%+ for Obama.

That doesn't take away from anything I said. Trump is President. Different circumstances.

 

[DEAD7]

 

[Thanos]

The younger folks tend to vote left, and there are more of them appearing.

 

[CurrencyChase]

 

[kingjones29]

They voted 70%+ for Obama.

At this point, the GOP is the party of white men and married white women.

Everyone else is voting majority democratic

It depends on the candidates though look at Maryland Larry hogan won in a true blue state

 

[theworldismine13]

oh wow the latinos and now the asians are gonna save us, yaaay! lets pass that dream act!

 

[TTT]

Most religious and ethnic minorities have gradually moved away from the GOP , even Muslims used to vote Republicans. The problem with the affirmative action stuff is that it is framed in a zero-sum manner and tries to pit Asians against Blacks and Hispanics while ignoring that many white students actually benefit indirectly from the policy through raising SAT scores for Asian applicants above whites. There are also more legacy admits than affirmative action admits at those institutions by a huge margin. The other factor is not all Asians are going to be eligible to get in those Ivy League schools and concentrating on that issue alone won't help, it's sort of like the Jewish vote going Dem despite Republicans being vociferous supporters of Israel and always trumpeting that fact.