TrumpCo. making AsianAmericans a permanent Dem voting bloc
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Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello Cypress,
Makes perfectly logical sense:
(OP link)
"In 2020, amid a year of violence and fear, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were hypervisible — and that changed the way they look at themselves and politics, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
As the global pandemic took hold, former President Donald Trump started using xenophobic terms to blame Chinese people for spreading Covid-19. Anti-Asian hate crimes spiked, with people self-reporting more than 9,000 incidents to the advocacy organization Stop AAPI Hate. A shooter in Atlanta killed eight people, six of them East Asian women, and sparked national outrage. Then came a shooting in Indianapolis that had Sikhs mourning.
All of these events created a political solidarity unlike anything the community has seen before. The POLITICO/Morning Consult poll — one of the most extensive surveys across nearly 50 ethnic groups that make up the diaspora — shows that two in 10 adults are now more likely to identify with the broader “AAPI” label than they were pre-pandemic, a notable shift for a racial group that tends to be “nationality-first.” This movement in identity, on the heels of a massive voter turnout jump from 2016 to 2020, is key to building electoral clout, experts say."
Makes perfectly logical sense:
(OP link)
"In 2020, amid a year of violence and fear, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were hypervisible — and that changed the way they look at themselves and politics, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
As the global pandemic took hold, former President Donald Trump started using xenophobic terms to blame Chinese people for spreading Covid-19. Anti-Asian hate crimes spiked, with people self-reporting more than 9,000 incidents to the advocacy organization Stop AAPI Hate. A shooter in Atlanta killed eight people, six of them East Asian women, and sparked national outrage. Then came a shooting in Indianapolis that had Sikhs mourning.
All of these events created a political solidarity unlike anything the community has seen before. The POLITICO/Morning Consult poll — one of the most extensive surveys across nearly 50 ethnic groups that make up the diaspora — shows that two in 10 adults are now more likely to identify with the broader “AAPI” label than they were pre-pandemic, a notable shift for a racial group that tends to be “nationality-first.” This movement in identity, on the heels of a massive voter turnout jump from 2016 to 2020, is key to building electoral clout, experts say."
Carmine
Loose Cannon
Political correctness aside,
and I've always been very good at doing that,
most Asian Americans are pretty fucking smart.
The attractive middle aged broad who starches my dress shirts and presses my suits speaks four languages--Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, and virtually perfect English.
At my age, I often struggle with English. She's always super polite and kind, but I'm sure that she regards me as a stupid Caucasian. In her shoes, I certainly would.
Her daughter goes to fucking MIT.
Anyway, who the fuck would expect these people to vote Republican?
and I've always been very good at doing that,
most Asian Americans are pretty fucking smart.
The attractive middle aged broad who starches my dress shirts and presses my suits speaks four languages--Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, and virtually perfect English.
At my age, I often struggle with English. She's always super polite and kind, but I'm sure that she regards me as a stupid Caucasian. In her shoes, I certainly would.
Her daughter goes to fucking MIT.
Anyway, who the fuck would expect these people to vote Republican?
I think Asian Americans have been largely voting Democratic for the entire 21st century, but white Christian nationalism, xenophobia, and Kung Flu jokes may have made them a permanent constituency of the Democratic party for the foreseeable future.