AN and Flu and others….I meant to post this here when it first came out a few weeks ago.
Results of the annual Asian American voter survey…
snipped from the executive summary:
• Asian Americans are shifting in party identification towards the Democratic Party, and
exclusionary rhetoric is a likely cause
o There has been a 12-point increase in the proportion of Asian Americans who identify as Democrats from 2012 to 2016 (pp. 27-28)
o Bolstering evidence from 2014, our survey indicates that Asian American registered voters, including Independents, will punish candidates with antiimmigrant and anti-Muslim views (pp. 17-18)
• On the presidential candidates:
o Hillary Clinton has the most net favorability, while Trump is viewed very unfavorably (pp. 8-9)
o A large proportion still have no opinion of Bernie Sanders (p. 9)
o Many Republican candidates were viewed unfavorably this year, highlighting the challenges for a party trying to attract immigrant voter support amid exclusionary rhetoric by many presidential candidates (p. 10)
Curious whether Asians on the board have seen it and have any feedback on the results. My first reaction was that I was surprised at how similar (with some exceptions) the results were across countries of origin. But I’m just a white guy without much insight on the subject, so data is all I have.
