ive been interested in asian american voter preferences not nearly enough is said about it imo
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Replying to @marcushjohnson @smoothkobra
in 2008 and 2012 conservative pubs ran articles abt the "paradox" that Asians were straight Obama voters
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
since from their POV since Asians are disproportionately wealthy, often socially conservative, etc they "should" be GOP
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
they missed the obvious that Asian conservatives aren't gonna unite w white conservatives bc white conservatism is racist
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
maybe a few generations down the line they'd forget that but not in a population of immigrants and 2nd-gen kids of immigrants
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
my dad is conservative af. As a RESULT of that he distrusts white ppl way more than I do
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Replying to @arthur_affect
that is really interesting to me there needs to be more asian voices in political media
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Replying to @marcushjohnson @smoothkobra
I mean it's a variation of what they ask abt black churchgoers "They're religious, socially conservative, why are they Dems"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
the GOP number crunchers in 08 were like "Our best chance to save the party is courting Latinos"
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Replying to @arthur_affect
theres always been a few gop guys who knew the demographic shifts were coming, but their base just lovesbopen racism
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they ran a feature in 2012 where a dude responded "If you have to be pro immigration what's the point of being Republican"
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Replying to @arthur_affect
eventually the gop elites have to ditch the base some kind of way or they're toast. next 20 yrs will be massive demo shift
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