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To: Oratam

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based on the big rallies with modi in texas & india, I figured trump had an edge with the Indian voters.

now with anchor baby, kamala harris on the dem ticket (although press is trying to make her into more of an african american)do you think she will attract the Indian American voters??


1,588 posted on 08/18/2020 9:09:47 AM PDT by thinden
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To: thinden

I remember back in 15, sitting in a flat in Calcutta with a kind lady and her son, eating fish curry and rotis with ladus after, and trying to explain why Mr. Trump (at the time) was the most amazing development ever when every news report was so deeply critical of him. I guess I didn’t understand what PM Modi means to the Hindu population at the time, or I would have known that they DO get it, big time. The majority Hindu folks in India have been buffeted by the musln and communist tidal was just like us. Including the attacks on the cultural traditions that make India what she is.


1,609 posted on 08/18/2020 9:47:04 AM PDT by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB)
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To: thinden
do you think she will attract the Indian American voters??

Indian-Americans are as ethnocentric as past immigrant communities were during a similar stage in their "Americanization," so, regrettably, yes. They will vote for her.

New Jersey, where I'm orginally from, has a Sikh attorney general and Hoboken has a Sikh mayor. Both are Democrats. Those are just two off the top of my head. Unimaginable 30 years ago, especially in Hoboken.

However, as much as I believe Indian-Americans want to see Indians in high profile positions, I think they may get turned off from Kamala if she ignores her Indian ancestry to become the "black" candidate. She may need to appear in a sari before Election Day to undo any damage her "down with the struggle" act has done.

1,819 posted on 08/18/2020 4:22:49 PM PDT by Oratam
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