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Hillary Clinton: The Asian-American choice [75% of Asian Dems voted for Hillary]
Salon ^
| 2/6/08
| Andrew Leonard
Posted on 02/06/2008 12:24:42 PM PST by charles m
At the big Oprah-headlined rally for Barack Obama in Los Angeles on Saturday, surprise guest Maria Shriver, California's First Lady, cited -- as one of a string of reasons why the state's Democrats should vote for the Senator from Illinois -- the fact that, like California, he was "diverse."
In the wake of Super Tuesday, we've learned that such diversity doesn't necessarily include Latinos, especially those older than 30. But a self-congratulatory article in the India Express touting the influence of Indian-Americans in the Democratic primary process reveals even greater constraints on the appeal of Obama's diversity. In California, exit poll data suggest that 69 percent of Latinos voted for Clinton, while only 29 percent voted for Obama. But Asian-American voters skewed even more sharply pro-Clinton: 75 percent voted for her, compared to 23 percent for Obama. That's almost as high as the percentage of the black vote (78 percent) that went for Obama.
In California, 8 percent of all Democratic voters identified themselves as Asian -- a category that encompasses a vast swath of cultures. Truly, California's diversity is extraordinary. But it doesn't appear, so far, to translate into a willingness to vote for a "diverse" candidate for President.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: California; US: Illinois; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2008election; 2016election; affirmativeaction; arkansas; asianamerican; california; china; clinton; demagogicparty; election2008; election2016; elections; hillary; hillaryclinton; hitlery; illinois; india; mariashriver; obama; prop209; proposition209; quotas; race; racenorming; racerelations; races; racial; racism; racist; racists
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:24:50 PM PST
by
charles m
To: charles m
Posting the obligatory “If the Hsu Fits...”
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:26:37 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: charles m
To: charles m
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:28:11 PM PST
by
fishtank
(Fenced BORDERS, English LANGUAGE, Patriotic CULTURE: A good plan.)
To: charles m
Obama supporters remind many Chinese Americans of the Red Guard and the Cultural Revolution’s cult of personality. Change! Yes We Can! Change!
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:28:54 PM PST
by
charles m
To: charles m
Indians seem to love the Clintons. Love them. I’m not sure why.
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:29:26 PM PST
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: charles m
Asians are racist...... black is anethma
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:31:31 PM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Moveon is not us...... Moveon is the enemy)
To: charles m
The question I've been asking on my blog is why Asians and Latinos are voting so strongly for Hillary and against Obama. It seems like that's one issue the MSM doesn't want to touch with a 10-foot-pole.
However, if white males were rejecting Obama by this much, they would be characterized as knuckle-dragging racists. And if they were rejecting Hillary by this much, they would be characterized as knuckle-dragging sexists.
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:34:25 PM PST
by
inkling
(exurbanleague.com)
To: charles m
How come nobody’s been calling out Shriver on what was obviously a racially motivated statement?
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:35:01 PM PST
by
squidly
To: inkling
Because they all find themselves fighting over the same rungs of the ladder to upward mobility.
To: charles m
Maybe they are just smarter and know Obama will be an umitigated disaster?
To: charles m
Because Asian Americans see the Clintons as part of their own culture where they must purchase favour.
To: charles m
Most of Obama’s problems last night can be explained by the fact that Hispanics, Asians, and Jews don’t seem to like him.
To: charles m
Why are there any Asians to count in the Democratic vote?
Why aren't they all voting Republican?
If Republicans can't even get Asians to vote for them, how to they expect that any amount of pandering to Hispanics will bring them into the Republican fold?
Sheesh.
To: bert
Asians are racist...... black is anethmaLet's talk about the big tent. Politcally Americans are dumba$$es to nominate the worst of the worst.
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:49:28 PM PST
by
Digger
(If RINO is your selection, then failure is your election)
To: charles m; normy
Seems you were spot on, normy.
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:51:17 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: bert
Many Asians are racists (so are many 'whites,' 'blacks,' and Latinos). But traditionally they look down on all people not their nationality, then not Asian. (i.e. A Han Chinese might look down on a Filipino, but not as much as a complete non-Asian).
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:54:50 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: inkling
Actually, both ABC and NBC mentioned that several times for Latinos. Granted they used things similar to ‘cultural tensions’ rather than just coming up and calling the trend as a case of racism.
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:56:57 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: charles m
90% of African-Americans voting for Obama = Not Racist
75% of Asians vote for Hillary = Rascists
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posted on
02/06/2008 12:57:33 PM PST
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
coming out.....
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posted on
02/06/2008 1:00:24 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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