[rmlew]

India has been liberalising its economy in recent years, which has led to economic growth. The collapse of communist support in India, helped the nominal socialists, who are actually relatively pro-market. The BJP and other nationalists are mixed between free-marketers and populists. So it is complex, but nowhere near as bleak as you suggest.

Their universities, just like America, are dominated by Marxists and Socialists.
The people who come to the US are those who are hurt by socialism and by the affirmative action in India.

Of the 10 Hindus that I know well, 5 are Republicans, 2 are Democrats, and the others split their votes. I think that the problem is that Indians come to American cities, which are highly Democrat and only Democrats reach out to them. This is a probelm of the GOP with many groups. It is an unforced error.

[zeestephen]

I’m not sure I suggested that India’s present and future are bleak.

I pointed out that India’s recent political history has been Marxist and Socialist.

That helps explain - at least to me - why 80% of Indian-Americans vote for the Democrat Party.

All immigrant groups from the developing world vote 70%-80% for the Democrat Party, so that is not unusual.

What is unusual is that Indians are the best educated and best paid immigrant group in America, but they show no sign of becoming more Conservative.

The idea that Indians will begin to vote for Conservatives if we support higher levels of immigration has no basis in reality.

No matter how deeply we compromise our principles, the Democrat Party will always outbid us.