Reply #39: Well people vote against their self interest all of the time,

[FrenchieCat]

so I'm not surprised at whatever stats that no one has bothered to post to back up their assertions....

Although it appears that the conclusion here, tonight is that Barack who grew up in Hawaii, and was partially raised by an Asian Stepfather and who's sister is Eurasian somehow won't get the support of Asians, than so be it. But unless I'm looking at a poll, I believe this is just a meme based on old polls....but we will see in Nevada, who looooves who and who doesn't.

Barack and his Stepfather, his Mother, and his sister Maya


Barack and Maya


One of the things I was trying to figure out just the other day, is why people always seem to assume that Latinos will vote for a Clinton. As Socially conservative and Religious as Latinos are and Asians are very conservative as well ...why somehow the last Clinton administration going through an impeachment process for lying about infidelity to the nation would be so favored. Certainly Hillary wasn't impeached....but many still see her as part of that. Especially with Bill so prominent on the campaign trail.

Part of how Bush won in 2000 was running on a platform of "restoring Integrity and dignity" back to the White House. By 2004, Bush had 40% of the Hispanic vote. In addition, Catholic Men don't tend to be into the "Woman as my leader" tendency...and neither are Asians. Asians have a tendency to vote Republican.....anyhow. My daughter went to a Chinese Christian school, and they had a picture of Bush on their wall. So I'm not sure about this Clinton love thing being discussed here.

My daughter's boyfriend is Chinese(Born on the mainland), this is his first election, and he's voting Obama. So there is also that age gap....that Clinton supporters should be weary about as this discussion on what race is gonna vote for whom continues.

So I hope there isn't simply too much stereotyping going and rush to judgment on how an entire group of voters are going to vote. Cause just because folks say it enough, doesn't make something a fact. A lot of polls being used to guage the Hispanic vote are based on December 07 polls where Barack wasn't polling that well with any group. After Iowa, things got shaken a bit. I respectfully ask that you don't hold those polls numbers in your fist too tightly.

Latinos are still undecided. With primaries and super primaries to be held before Democrats and Republicans nominate their presidential candidates, Latinos are waiting for a clear view of the frontrunners.

In Framingham, local Latino leader Laura Medrano said she will campaign for whoever is nominated by the Democrats. Although she favors New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, she knows he does not have much of a chance.

"I'll support whomever gets the nomination," she said. "Many Latinos like Clinton because of her experience, but some are discovering Obama."

"We all know someone who doesn't have papers," he said. "We do care about the economy and health care, but we also look for a candidate that would bring hope and a proposal for immigration reform."
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