“Barone says, “Nationally, Asian voters went 62%-35% for Barack Obama...” I’m surprised. I thought they had better sense.”
Nothing personal intended, but if you had any clue as to the outreach efforts of the Democrats when it comes to Asians, this would make perfect sense. To Republican leaders, Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, they’re all the same...and reaching them is hopeless. The Democrats OWN their media, advertise in their languages, and control the rest of their contact with mainstream America. They spend ALL of their time talking about immigration, particularly family unification (while conveniently ignoring Gay Marriage, crime and all of their other favorite past-times), whereas Republicans typically cannot distinguish between a border-crossing Mexican and a well educated, very productive Asian.
Obviously it’s not true that Asians are just another failed minority in the US - starting with their divorce rates being something like 10% (i.e., they could teach the Republicans a whole bunch about family values) - and (generally) much higher incomes and education levels. Perhaps if the Republican leaders noted that there are MILLIONS of Asians (I’ll admit, not as many as their are blacks or Hispanics, but millions of people, many of them with a TON of money)...they’d realize that it might be worth spending a few minutes on them.
But then again, I’m probably dreaming.
Hopefully, we're getting smarter as this month's elections imply.
More importantly, the Asian populationS (note the plural) is large enough in places like New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia to swing said states (although Jersey would still be a squeaker at best, a la the 2009 gubernatorial election). I don’t really see the Japanese American population in Hawaii swinging GOP anytime soon, nor will the Chinese/Vietnamese/Filipinos be enough to overcome the white liberal/hispanic Dem vote in Cali.
McCain and his handlers are a good example of what's wrong with the Republican national leadership.
They can't sell a political philosophy...because they don't have one.
Their sole objective is to get elected.
However, they can't seem to come up with a good reason why they should be elected.