JA politics depend on personal history, way they make their living and where they live.
I know some JAs in the San Fran area who are NOT mind-numbed, knee-jerk, robot-like Leftwingtards. I know others in Souvrn' California who are hard-core Republicans. Even know a fellow who used to be a raving maniac Democrat until he found out the Jimmy Carter campaign really didn't want any Asians around in the main campaign staff.
I think he gave up politics.
What you encounter with JAs is called "assimilation" ~ so they pretty much reflect the population at large.
One big exception ~ in Hawaii the Japanese ARE the Democrat party.
Thanks for your Post #39.
I think you are right. All my friends in High School (San Francisco) were either Americans of Japanese or Chinese descent. I just figured that they would mostly tact towards the conservative spectrum of politics - since that seems to be a better fit to their values (maybe not the Christian aspect of it - but certainly on the work and education ethics aspect).
I'm just appalled/surprised that all of the Japanese-American politicians are far leftists (Honda, Matsui, former Congressman Minetta; the Hawaiian Senators) -- but you are right, it probably has more to do with the area they are from (SF Bay Area and Hawaii).