Demographics of Mid Term Dem and GOP voters
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:06 pm
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Describing the House elections since that represents a full national vote. One thing that's minor in the mathematics but interesting is that, this time, Asian Americans were about split among voting Republican and voting Democrat. A statistical tie.
Normally they vote overwhelmingly Democrat. In the 2010 mid terms, for instance, they voted majority Democrat in the House elections by 58% to 40%.
I've wondered why they tend to vote Democrat since Democrats are definitely hostile to their interests. They tend to do well financially so they've got a taxation target on them plus they tend to compete well and so are hampered by "affirmative action" policies. For instance they lose out on college admissions due to liberal/progressive efforts to increase numbers of "under represented minorities" in student populations.
Jews continue to amaze me. The Democratic Party screws them all the time as well and they too are hampered by liberal/progressive approaches. Same thing as Asians. They tend to do well financially and tend to compete well. The Democratic Party is definitely not their friend as a result. Plus the Democratic Party tends to be relatively hostile to Israel. Yet they consistently vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. If they didn't tend to be so smart you'd have to say they're idiots. Or maybe they're masochists. Anyway, as a group, they consistently vote in a manner contrary to their own interests.
Describing the House elections since that represents a full national vote. One thing that's minor in the mathematics but interesting is that, this time, Asian Americans were about split among voting Republican and voting Democrat. A statistical tie.
Normally they vote overwhelmingly Democrat. In the 2010 mid terms, for instance, they voted majority Democrat in the House elections by 58% to 40%.
I've wondered why they tend to vote Democrat since Democrats are definitely hostile to their interests. They tend to do well financially so they've got a taxation target on them plus they tend to compete well and so are hampered by "affirmative action" policies. For instance they lose out on college admissions due to liberal/progressive efforts to increase numbers of "under represented minorities" in student populations.
Jews continue to amaze me. The Democratic Party screws them all the time as well and they too are hampered by liberal/progressive approaches. Same thing as Asians. They tend to do well financially and tend to compete well. The Democratic Party is definitely not their friend as a result. Plus the Democratic Party tends to be relatively hostile to Israel. Yet they consistently vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. If they didn't tend to be so smart you'd have to say they're idiots. Or maybe they're masochists. Anyway, as a group, they consistently vote in a manner contrary to their own interests.