Posted on 11/06/2014 9:13:00 AM PST by 11th_VA
California Democrats were unable to regain their two-thirds legislative supermajority in the state Senate and lost ground in the Assembly, at least in part due to the victories of two Republican candidates from Orange County — both women, both Asian-American.
The victories of Janet Nguyen in the 34th state Senate District and Young Kim in the 65th Assembly District over Democratic rivals could signal a shift in the Orange County political landscape – and more broadly, in the GOP’s relationship with Asian-Americans.
University of California, Riverside political scientist Karthick Ramakrishnan said the victories represent a nuanced picture of an electorate that as recently as 2012 was seen as steadily moving left.
Not that there haven't been hints. A high proportion of Asian-American voters don't identify with either party, Ramakrishnan said, and some remained undecided this year until shortly before the election.
“So that suggests that this is a swing vote that is very much persuadable," Ramakrishnan said, "and just as the Asian-American vote moved toward the Democratic Party over the last two decades, we may be seeing the beginning of a trend where they are moving back closer toward the Republican Party. Maybe not to the same level they were 20 years ago, but certainly away from the peak that we saw in 2012.”
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We want as many as we can get.
Totally agree ...
Asian Americans ARE the way to get back some power in California. Ditch idiots like Kashkari.
Asian-Americans tend to be honest, hard-working, and family oriented.
The Republican party should make more of an effort to gain their allegiance.
They are far better in the GOP than as just a compartmentalized part of the Dems identity politics toy box to be manipulated and discarded depending on how many votes they need.
The arrest of the gun-running Asian lib from SF hurt the Demwits two ways — those in favor were angry with the Zero regime, and those against were angry with the rest of the party.
That is especially true of this group: http://kfsindustries.com/?page_id=81
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