I been noticing that for a while here on the East Coast. But I still get people claiming Asians are natural Republicans.
But the good news is Republicans get a good 90%+ of the FNC viewer base, the 50+ whites.
‘Natural’ Republicans are dying out and so to win the WH they are going to have to start convincing those who don't naturally agree with them that their positions make sense.
The difference here is that GOP talking heads say stuff like "Hispanics are natural Republicans because they're very devout Catholics and have strong family values" for PR purposes. The fact is most Hispanics and blacks don't fit the pattern of "natural Republicans" at all.
On the other hand, most of the demographics about Asian-Americans SHOULD make them "natural Republicans": they tend to be well educated with a college level education, have extremely low crime rates and come from stable, two-parent families, they are for the most very successful and high up on the economic ladder, and are very well assimilated into American culture -- Asians tend to want to "Americanize" their kids and give them anglo friendly sounding names ("Michael", "Ed", "Stephen", etc.) They not only surpass other minorities with these trends, but surpass white voters. Whites who fit into these patterns tend to be the most reliable GOP voters.
The problem is Asians aren't even close to competitive for the GOP. They're getting more and more Democrat and they might have even passed Hispanics in terms of % of how many vote Democrat. This isn't much of an issue nationally, as Asians really don't have big enough numbers to affect the outcome of any election except in Hawaii and certain areas of the west coast -- but it is a major dilemma because if this group isn't turning Republican when they match the patterns of "natural Republicans", there's the question of whether they ever would. One would presume Hispanic and blacks that are very well educated, successful, have stable families, and see themselves as Americans first and foremost -- would be more GOP friendly. But if Asians are still overwhelming Dem, there's little hope that changing the trajectory of other minority groups would start moving them into the GOP column.
We need to come up with our own ‘pet’ group of illegals to back - maybe Bulgarians?