Clinton to launch Asian-American voter effort in California

[riversedge]

Source: cbsnews.com





By Hannah Fraser-Chanpong CBS News January 2, 2016, 2:55 PM

Clinton to launch Asian-American voter effort in California



Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the 2015 United States Conference of Mayors on June 20, 2015 in San Francisco, California.
Justin Sullivan, Getty Images


NEW YORK -- Hillary Clinton is set to return to California next week to kick off "Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders for Hillary."

The event, which will take place in San Gabriel on Thursday, will be the first in a series designed to "engage, energize and organize AAPI voters," according to a statement by the campaign. Joining Clinton in San Gabriel will be "dozens" of Asian-American and Pacific Islander elected officials, like Rep. Judy Chu and local community leaders.

The launch follows similar efforts by Clinton's campaign to rally African-American and Latino voters behind their candidate. In October, at the colorful and music-filled launch of "Latinos for Hillary" in San Antonio, Clinton cast herself as the singular candidate ready to represent the unique needs of the Latino community, far beyond Election Day. ......................


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Hillary and her wonder Team--never taking anything for granted.

[JonLeibowitz]

1. I would like to see a campaign position on Fisher vs. Utexas, given that the AALF disagrees with AA.

The Asian American Legal Foundation takes an opposite position on affirmative action in the case of UT's policy than it seems the Clinton campaign does. They filed a SCOTUS brief arguing that affirmative action is often racist against asians.

http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/14-981-tsac-AALF-et-al..pdf

[JI7]

3. they don't represent all Asians. obama got higher percentage of Asian votes

Than the hispanic vote. Same goes for most democrats who support affirmative action. Asians vote dem more than hispanics do.

For most Asians things like public funding for schools and other things are more important than affirmative action.

[JonLeibowitz]

5. No, not all asians, just the following organizations and their members

It doesn't help that Asians have to fight to be fairly treated, such as:

http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_25363174/california-asian-americans-show-strength-blocking-affirmative-action

See also:

http://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/fall-2015-questions-race/coloring-lines-how-racially-diverse-should-elite

Also priceonomics discussed the issue:
http://priceonomics.com/post/48794283011/do-elite-colleges-discriminate-against-asians

Here's the list of organizations that joined AALF in supporting AALF's brief.

1441 Manufacture-Home Residents Association; 80-20 Washington D.C. Area Chapter; Allstar Institute; American Chinese Women Culture Media Club; American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin-NCC; American Southern Californian Economic and Culture Association; Ancestor Worship Festival Overseas Chinese; Anhui Association of Texas; Asian American Coalition for Education (NY); Asian American Community Association; Asian Americans for Political Advancement; Asian Boy Equal Rights; Asian Leadership and Cultural Network; AsianAmericanVoters.org; Backbone Foundation; Boise Modern Chinese School; Boston Forward Foundation; Boston Fudan Aluminum Association; Center for Asian Pacific Affairs; Chicago Fudan Alumni Association; China Youth Center; Chinese America Association of Orange County; Chinese American Equalization Association(HQH); Chinese Americanfor Progress and Equality (CAPE); Chinese American Parent Association; Chinese Language Teacher Association-Florida Chapter; Chinese School of Orlando; Coalition of Asian-Americans for Civil Rights; Conejo Chinese Cultural Association; Dallas/Fort Worth Chinese Alliance; Dong Fang Chinese; Enspire School; Federal Asian Pacific American Council; First Han International Language School; Florida Acupuncture Association; Florida Fujianese Association of USA; Florida Shandong Fellowship Association; Global Organization of Indian Origin -Los Angeles Chapter; Golden Dragon Chinese Kung Fu and Cultural Institute; Great Neck Chinese Association; Hanlin Culture and Education Foundation; Health Foundation (TX); Hebei Association in Northern California; Henan Association in Northern California; Houston Chinese Alliance; Hua Yi Chinese School; Hunan Club of Houston; Idaho Chinese Organization; Impact Speaking Academy; India Association of San Antonio; Indo-US Chamber of Commerce of Northeast Florida; Jacksonville Chinese Association; Jiao Tong University Alumni Association-Seattle; Kentucky Chinese American Association; Kiddie Academy of Gontana; Legal Immigrant Association; Livingston Chinese Association; Long Island Chinese American Association; Long Island School of Chinese; Lung Kong Tin Yes Association; Memphis Chinese School; Millburn-Short Hills Chinese Association; National Asian American PAC Michigan chapter (80-20); National Asian American PAC FL; National Federation of Indian American Association; NC Beijinger; Noble Tree Publishing Inc.; North America Career Express Association; North American Education and Culture; Northeast Chinese Association of Florida; Northern California Chinese Culture Athletic Federation; Northern California Hubei Association; Overseas Chinese Association of Miami; Pakistan Policy Institute; Pakistani American Volunteers; Ray Chinese School; San Antonio Chinese Alliance; San Diego Asian Americans For Equality; San Dong Association; Shandong Fellowship Association of South USA; Shandong Friendship Association of California; Shou Chu Organization; Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation; Silicon Valley Women Alliance; Sillicon Valley Foundation for Better Environment; Sino Professionals Association; South Florida Chinese Business Association; South Florida Sicuanren&Chongqingren Chinese Association; South Main Toastmaster; Southwest University of Finance and Economics American Aluminums; Spring Source Education Institute; Sunflower Learning Center; SV Huaren Performance and Arts Association; Taiwan Benevolent Association of Florida; Taoist Institute of TCM; TeeterPal Little Friends Parenting Community; Texas Guangdong Association; Texas Northeast Chinese Association; The Chinese Women's Club of Greater Miami; The Federation of Florida Chinese Association; The Korean Association of Greater Washington; The Orange Club; Thuy Lowe for Congress Campaign; Tianjin Commerce Association USA Inc.; Tianmu Education Foundation; U.S. China Chan Cultural Exchange Association; UBC (United for a Better Community); United Asian American for Activism; United Chinese Association of Utah; US California Henan Association; USTC Alumni Association of Greater New York; USTC Alumni Association of Southern California; USTC Alumni Foundation; UT Austin PGE Chinese Alumni Association; Venus Chinese School; World Federation of Chinese Traders Alumni-South Florida Chapter; and the X3 Academy

[JI7]

7. i world be considered asian and affirmative action isn't harming Asians

[JonLeibowitz]

8. Your feelings aside, evidently that is not the case. See the priceonomics article. n/t

[JI7]

9. i don't see any evidence of it

And more Asians vote democratic them hispanics do.

[roguevalley]

2. #justlikeyournainai

[Calista241]

4. Wonder if she's going to be like their halmeoni? n/t

[Scuba]

25. Her next speech will feature a "sing song" accent.

[pangaia]

6. Just in case she needs it..

Here are a few translations for 'grandmother'..

Mandarin - lao lao
Japanese- obaasan
Korean- halmoni

[JackRiddler]

14. Thanks, I see you beat me to it.

[bvf]

10. Will her campaign be reviewing

old episodes of "The Little Rascals" for tips on how to best to appeal to this demographic?

"Bonanza" re-runs, maybe? A Jerry Lewis movie or two?

This should be interesting (I won't say "good," because I'm already wincing in anticipation).

[JI7]

11. she easily win these votes in 2008 so she will probably do the same

[bvf]

15. Have you read any analyses

of her 2008 success with Asian-American voters?

[pnwmom]

19. Have you?

[bvf]

21. Have you?

[pnwmom]

22. I hadn't but you got me curious. Then I discovered CA Asian Americans went 3-1 for Hillary

over Obama. And CA Latinos by 2 - 1 for Hillary.

That was interesting, thanks.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-chang/why-latinos-and-asian-ame_b_85359.html

In California, while Obama took a plurality of white voters (including
white males) and the overwhelming majority of African American voters,
Hillary won the popular vote by 8 points. So how did Hillary make her
10% margin of victory? A big part of the answer was in the Latino and
Asian American votes. A CNN exit poll last night indicated that Latinos
in California went for Hillary by a 2-1 margin, and Asian Americans
went for her 3-1. Democratic polls showed Hillary winning Latinos by
3-1.

[bvf]

23. Yeah, the vote breakdown Chang mentions

is pretty common knowledge, I thought.

What did you think of his take, further down in the piece, about the possibility that the same Asian-American demographic may be growing less emergent, and therefore less susceptible to Clinton's 2008 top-down appeal to community leaders?

This (along with Chang's notice of Obama's gaffe and failure to establish a timely grassroots campaign structure in the state) was what I found interesting:

When that power is unleashed, it will be unpredictable. The 1.5 generation, young Latino and Asian Americans from the ages of 16-40 who were born elsewhere but raised multilingual and multicultural in the U.S., represents a massive demographic bulge in those communities only beginning to feel itself. Before long, they will turn their communities' emergent vote into an insurgent vote. And then the country will really discover not just the necessity of the Latino and Asian American vote, but what it is that they really want.

Emphasis mine.

Clinton's not likely to have as easy a time of it as she did in 2008. Not by a long shot.

[pnwmom]

24. But the writer also said this:

Latinos and Asian Americans in California are overwhelmingly
Democratic, and will likely remain so for a very long time because of
Reep immigration demagoguery. But they also tend to be more mainstream
and conservative. Remember that, to the great embarrassment of many
Asian Americans, it was the influential Chinese American Democratic
Club in San Francisco that sponsored anti-affirmative attacks on the
prestigious Lowell High School. It's also possible Obama's call for
change is received differently even among dissatisfied immigrants. Who
better understands the disruption and dislocation that change can
bring?

So I guess we'll find out.

[bvf]

27. Still, Sanders is already doing

a hell of a lot better among Asian-American voters than Obama ultimately did. While Obama was outpolled by 3 to 1 in the 2008 primary, Sanders had reduced that to 2 to 1 by last September, and June is a long way off.

So, despite Chang's observation that California's Asian Democratic voters tend to be more conservative (interestingly, he fails to say in comparison to whom--Democrats nationally? California Democrats? Asian voters nationally?), Sanders has definitely improved on Obama's performance. That's encouraging.

https://news.usc.edu/86115/trump-and-clinton-lead-presidential-contenders-in-california/

[Thinkingabout]

12. Hillary and her campaign team is not afraid of hard work, we have our eye

On the goal, can't be deflected onto subjects and lose sight of our goal. Ever onward.

[JackRiddler]

13. So what's the Chinese word for grandma?

[pangaia]

16. Commonly is lao lao...

on the mother's side.

[SunSeeker]

17. Smart. nt

[JackRiddler]

18. Golly, go after voters, that's such a genius plan.

[pnwmom]

20. In 2008 California Asian-Americans voted for her 3-1.

So this is a smart, if obvious, step.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-chang/why-latinos-and-asian-ame_b_85359.html

Among Latino and Asian American circles, Super Tuesday brought a sense
of giddiness. Thanks to the central importance of California to the
primary elections, here was a chance to not just be heard, but to be
recognized as a voting bloc right up there with the privileged masses
of Iowa or New Hampshire. Boy, did they make some noise.

In California, while Obama took a plurality of white voters (including
white males) and the overwhelming majority of African American voters,
Hillary won the popular vote by 8 points. So how did Hillary make her
10% margin of victory? A big part of the answer was in the Latino and
Asian American votes. A CNN exit poll last night indicated that Latinos
in California went for Hillary by a 2-1 margin, and Asian Americans
went for her 3-1. Democratic polls showed Hillary winning Latinos by
3-1.

[riversedge]

26. Hillary and her Team hard at work taking nothing for granted