BTW, in Hawaii the Japanese Americans OWN the Democrat party ~ it's a fambly busness!
Do not continue to be misled by that wholly inadequate 'exit poll' ~ there's simply no way the sample size was large enough to figure out which way the East Asian vote was going.
I agree that it's very hard to measure Asian voting patterns, especially in one election.
But there is a fairly extensive data set on Asian voting over the last 20 years.
The following numbers come from a Pew Research website analysis I read, in December 2012 as I recall.
I'll search for the link if you need it.
I strongly disagree that “most East Asians vote Republican.”
The most Conservative Asians are Filipino.
They vote in the 45% to 50% range for the GOP.
Vietnamese are second.
They vote in 40% to 45% range for the GOP.
I can't remember how Koreans vote, but it is definitely not a majority for the GOP.
Japanese and Chinese are hopeless.
They consistently deliver less than 30% of their vote to the GOP.
I was including southern and central Asia in my earlier comment.
Muslims vote 80%-90% for Democrats.
Shockingly, Indians are the most anti-GOP Asian group.
They consistently vote in the 90% range for Democrats.