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DxS's avatar

Isn't this just assimilation? Asian and Hispanic voters are becoming more average in their voting patterns, the same as Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans last century.

Whenever this post tries to tell a more complicated story than "it's just assimilation," I notice it switches to only using anecdotes rather than actual comparative data.

Do Asian voters on average care more about crime than whites? No comparisons provided. Do Hispanic voters on average care more about inflation than whites? No comparisons provided. Do either of these groups worry less about racism than they did twelve years ago? No comparisons provided.

In the absence of comparative data, I'll stick with a null hypothesis: Asian and Hispanic voters are just assimilating and becoming less distinctive. There are no magic keys to their votes, except the keys that also work for white votes.

Today, Asian voters and Hispanic voters are just American voters.

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Rithik Jain's avatar

Well written. I do not expect Democrats to gain these lost voters, especially Asian.

The social pressure to vote D was very strong, nonwhite solidarity et all. However by showing that Democrats dont value Asians as an important part of their coalition (safety and education being two most important concerns), they have lost the social pressure.

I think the gates are open to an even stronger exodus now.

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