Legal ASIAN immigrants and their American born children have been big drivers in this shift, even in upper middle class areas.
You are EXACTLY right....unfortunately.
Legal ASIAN immigrants and their American born children have been big drivers in this shift, even in upper middle class areas.
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I agree with you...Many of them decided to support Democrats ever since Obama was President...Obama brought many non-white voters to Democratic Party. They still are Democrats although Obama left.
I looked at some numbers provided by CA Secretary of State.
In 2014, Republican Kashkari unsuccessfully ran for Governor. He got 55.6% of OC votes. He won by 11.2%.
In 2016, Trump got 42.3% of OC votes. Hillary got 50.9% of OC votes. Hillary won by 8.6%.
In 2018, Cox got 49.9% of OC votes. Newsome got 50.1% of OC votes. Newsome won by 0.2%.
I think Cox was a stronger candidate than Kashkari. But, he lost OC by 0.2%. Things have changed in Orange County since 2014.
I think there are many anti-Trump Republicans in Orange County. Many of them did vote for Cox but not Trump...