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Old 11-26-2012, 01:01 PM
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Why Did Asians vote for Obama 71%

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...ors_picks=true

Why Did Asian Americans Mostly Vote for President Obama?

According to exit polls in the Nov. 6 election, Asian American voters favored Obama over Romney by a ratio of more than 3-to-1 (76 percent versus 23 percent). This has puzzled a number of Republicans. Asian Americans, more than any other group, including white suburbanites, who are a backbone of Republican support, have demographic characteristics that would seem to make them support low taxes, fiscal austerity, conventional family values, and hostility to affirmative action (especially in higher education)—all policies strongly associated with today’s Republican Party.
As pointed out in The Rise of Asian Americans, a comprehensive study issued this past summer by the Pew Research Center,
Asian Americans are the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are more satisfied than the general public with their lives, finances and the direction of the country, and they place more value
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