Let’s talk a little bit about Asian American voters (yours truly included)!

Asian Americans are approx. 5% of US population and within that, there are huge partisan differences in demographics—Vietnamese Americans vote Republican, Indian Americans vote Democratic, so on... 1/5

Typically, Asian Americans are considered right-leaning, partly bc immigrants align themselves w/ traditional establishments of power, single-issue voting, religion, and anti-communism, etc.
BUT younger Asian Americans are becoming more left-leaning. 2/5 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/binded-blood-split-over-election-asian-american-family-embodies-generational-n1244077">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asia...

Yes, it& #39;s true that the youth are more left-leaning, but the Asian American gap is also based on whether you were born/raised in the US.

And I’ve often heard older people upset bc their kids are going against “Asian American values of people who sacrificed to get you here.” 3/5

But it’s worth noting that young Asian Americans are not going against “traditional Asian American values.” In fact, there is a history of Asian Americans who& #39;ve fought on issues at stake today.

e.g. Patsy Mink, the first woman of color in Congress + co-author of Title IX. 4/5

This is all to say, young Asian Americans are on an existing path for Asian Americans in politics that continues forward. They aren& #39;t alone.

Yay, end of thread! But if you want to learn more about Patsy Mink, I wrote this article for @WeAreTheTempest https://thetempest.co/2020/10/16/history/patsy-mink/">https://thetempest.co/2020/10/1...