Asian-American voters are spurning Trump — and threatening to spurn the Republican Party

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Source: Chicago Tribune





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Hillary Clinton has a wide lead over Trump in a new survey of Asian American voters (Barbara Davidson/Los Angeles Times)


Cathleen Decker

Asian American voters are siding strongly with Hillary Clinton in the presidential contest, as younger voters in particular abandon Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a new poll of those voters has found.

Clinton has a firm hold on 55% of Asian American voters. When those leaning toward the candidates are counted, she leads Trump by 49 points, 70%-21%.

That puts her in striking distance of President Obama’s standing in the 2012 election, when he won 73% of Asian American voters, according to exit polls.

The results released Wednesday as part of the National Asian American Survey suggest that Trump’s rhetoric — especially on the topic of immigration — has caused an irreparable breach with those voters................................................

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-asian-americans-trump-republican-party-20161005-story.html

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Congrats to Hillary and her team

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1. And Hillary leads in both college and NON college eduated in this group!!!!

In a twist, the gender and education demarcations seen in the national electorate this year were absent among Asian Americans. A majority of both men and women sided with the Democratic nominee, as did almost six in 10 of both college-educated voters and those without college degrees.

[riversedge]

5. tweet to pass around.

Oct 5: Hillary Clinton has a wide lead over Trump in a new National survey of Asian American voters http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-asian-americans-trump-republican-party-20161005-story.html #strongerTogether #uniteblue

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2. How is this news? Asian-Americans voted strongly for Obama in 2012.

Where does this meme come from that they're spurning Trump?

When where the majority of Asian-Americans ever for Trump?

Asian-Americans, African-Americans, Latino-Americans and other people of color, along with progressive whites, women, gays, Native-Americans, handicapped Americans, left-leaning independents and others are part of the Obama coalition which won twice for Pres. Obama and witll do the same for Hillary.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. The latest antics by Jesse Watters/Bill O'Reilly. . .

. . .is another strike against the GOoPsters and Trumpsters:

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. I'm trying to imagine the disgusting racist assholes who find this shit funny

"Oh, you're just being politically correct!"

What the fuck is Mr. Miyagi - the character is a Japanese American and decorated combat veteran - doing in a segment about Chinatown? It defies belief that this segment appeared on what's considered a major news channel. That's as racist as a Klan rally. Astonishing.

[NBachers]

7. deplorable

[4lbs]

4. Not to sound too culturalist, but Asian-Americans tend to be the highest and best educated.

No wonder they are seeing through Trump's bullshit.

[ailsagirl]

8. Exactly what I was thinking

[kimbutgar]

9. Cheeto doesn't realize when talks against immigrants that a lot of them are Asians

I work as a sub in schools that have large Asian populations and those kids want to talk about him and their families are scared of him becoming a President and want to deport their grandparents!

Today in a class I was working in at recess I heard outside the classroom window a kid telling another kid that Cheeto was a bad man and evil.

[Vogon_Glory]

10. And (ahem) "congrats" to the Republican base

I'm old enough to remember Republican efforts to add Asian-Americans to their coalition, efforts that continued through 2000. Then came the case of Wen Ho Li, the Republican base decided to use it as an excuse for Asian-baiting, and Asians were treated like "others."

The Republican Party is now reaping what it sowed.