The problem is that the GOP is NOT reaching out adequately to Hindus and Buddhists and Sikhs — these are naturally conservative people and logically should be voting Republican. The only reasoning I can give is the media perception of the GOP as some kind of KKK — which is crazy considering that Jindal and Nikki Haley are both from the GOP (though the beauty is that they are not considered by the color of their skin but by their conservative values)
> ...considering that Jindal and Nikki Haley are both from the GOP (though the beauty is that
> they are not considered by the color of their skin but by their conservative values)
Both Jindal and Haley call themselves Christian so religion may be at play.
I suspect immigration might play a role. Family reunition is very important to many immigrants to Asia, so they hear stories about Republicans wanting to lower the annual legal immigrant quota, or switch to a skill based system that would block out elderly or non-highly educated relatives, and they are turned away.