http://www.arthurhu.com/index/apolitic.htm
Heirarchy
asian.politics
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@@subtopic
see apolitic.htm
Contents
Summary of Asian Representation
Ranked by Asian
W B H A N
Seattle City Coun 95 1.00 1.24 0.00 2.14 *
SF Board of Sup 96 1.00 1.11 1.68 1.23 *
Houston City Coun 95 1.00 1.07 1.06 -1.61 *
US Senate 95 1.00 -16.1 0.00 -3.02 1.06 *
US House 95 1.00 -1.66 -3.48 -5.91 0.00 *
Republican Congress 1.00 -16.11 -7.55 -6.04 *
CA Legislature 00 1.00 -2.11 -2.00 -6.84 *
Local Elected Off 1.00 -5.42 -8.14 -38.0 *,/a>
Rank by Black
W B H A N
Seattle City Coun 95 1.00 1.24 0.00 2.14 *
SF Board of Sup 96 1.00 1.11 1.68 1.23 *
Houston City Coun 95 1.00 1.07 1.06 -1.61 *
US House 95 1.00 -1.66 -3.48 -5.91 0.00 *
Local Elected Off 1.00 -5.42 -8.14 -38.0 *,/a>
Republican Congress 1.00 -16.1 -7.55 -6.04 *
US Senate 95 1.00 -16.1 0.00 -3.02 1.06 *
@@Academic Bias
ONLY ONE REPUBLICAN FACULTY AT AMHERST
One paper with a web site is the Amherst Spectator. For a survey on
Faculty diversity at Amherst, see:
. The faculty
surveyed contained 67 registered Democrats, 13 Independents, and
Hadley Arkes, the lone Republican. "Albert Himoe"
@@Activist
%%Asian
THE 60S ACTIVISTS TAKE OVER ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICS FROM OLD GUARD
z50\clip\2001\06\orient.txt
http://www.thenewrepublic.com/070201/foer070201_print.html
Reorientation: Asian America discovers identity politics. by
Franklin Foer Issue Date: 07.02.01 As recently as 1992 they chose
George Bush over Bill Clinton by a 27 percent margin. By the end of
the decade, however, the situation had flipped. Al Gore won Asian
American votes by 14 percent. Nor was this a momentary reversal.
According to the recently published National Asian American Political
Survey, 57 percent of Asians who self-identify with a party consider
themselves Democrats. Indeed, over the last decade, the Asian
American political, business, and media elite have been transformed.
Almost 30 years after other ethnic groups, Asian Americans have
stopped worrying and learned to love identity politics.
@@American Heritage Party
Washington State conservative party which has split off from the
Republicans, biblically based beliefs. Only party which is actively
opposing education reform.
Home Page
Principles
The sanctity of human LIFE
LIBERTY for the self-governed individual
The FAMILY, as the Creator intended
Private PROPERTY that can be enjoyed and passed
down to children
The CONSTITUTION, laws under God
STATES RIGHTS, our dual form of government
AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY, not global government
\clip\99\10\vision.htm
The purpose of the American Heritage Party is to
Seek to restore our state and federal civil government to their Biblical
jurisprudence and to their Constitutional boundaries;
Promote allegiance to the Biblical principles of government as
embraced in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of
these United States as conceived and set forth by our founding
fathers in their establishment of our Republic;
Though a political party in itself, the AHP, being formed purely on principles, is
not a partisan organization. The mission of the AHP is three-fold:
To educate the electorate in the Biblical and Constitutional principles that
made our form of government the most successful in the world
To elect candidates of the highest integrity who are committed to
upholding these principles
To enact legislation that restores to Washingtonians their God-given
freedoms and responsibilities.
Platform
Under no circumstances should the federal government be involved in
educational curriculum, textbook selection, learning standards,
testing or assessments.
education reform laws have made a mockery of local control in
education. The traditional concept of academic education has been
redefined under reform to create a system focused on workforce
training with the purpose of providing productive human resources for
the labor market.
Repeal of HB1209, School-to-Work legislation, and other legislation
which centralizes decision making at the state level;
@@Asian resources
Date sent: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 17:43:51 -0600
From: Mark Lindeman
I gratefully acknowledge 11 replies to my request for citations regarding
the LA riots in particular and "Asian-Amerian politics" generally. Quite
arbitrarily, I've alphabetized the sources by title; I've made some effort
to impose a common format, but obviously not a very great effort (and I'm
not sure what typos I may have replicated or introduced). A number in
brackets indicates that more than one respondent recommended the source.
(I've provided this info largely to satisfy possible curiosity of the
respondents themselves, not because I assume that the number of mentions is
proportional to the merit of the work.) Several of my students this
semester may have opportunities to draw on some of these sources, as I
trust I will myself.
----------------------
wei, william. _the asian american movement_. temple university press.
Yen Le Espiritu, _Asian American Panethnicity_, Temple UP [2]
Nancy Abelmann and John Lie, BLUE DREAMS: KOREAN
AMERICANS AND THE LOS ANGELES RIOTS. Harvard University press, 1995.
Min (1996) Caught in the Middle: Korean Communities in New York and Los
Angeles
gee, emma, et al eds. _counterpoint: perspectives on asian america_.
(1976 -- "for historical depth")
Michael Haas, _Institutional Racism: The Case of Hawai`i_ (Praeger, 1992)
Mark Baldassare (ed.) (1994) The Los Angeles Riots [3]
Chang and Leong (1994) _Los Angeles-Struggles toward Multiethnic Community_
_Multicultural Hawai`i_ (edited volume forthcoming from Garland)
cheng, bonacich, & ong, _the new asian immigration_. temple univ press.
kwong, peter, _the new chinatown_.
Pei-te Lien, _The Political Participation of Asian-Americans_ [2] --
especially useful bibliography
John Horton's recent book "called something like _The Politics of
Diversity in Monterey Park, California_"
_Reading Rodney King/reading urban uprising_ / edited and with an
introduction by Robert Gooding-Williams. Routledge, 1993. [3]
Dana Takagi's book _The Retreat from Race: Asian American Admissions
and Racial Politics_ [2]
tachiki, amy, et al, eds. _roots: an asian american reader_. (1974?
-- "for historical depth")
Pei-te Lien, "Sociopolitical context, ethnic identity, and political
participation: Continuity and change among Asian Americans in
Southern California " in the 1997-98 National Asian Pacific American
Political Almanac published by UCLA Asian American Studies Center
aguilar-san juan, karin (ed.). _the state of asian america_. south end
press. [2]
GENERAL SOURCES
_The Asian American Policy Review_ (UC Berkeley/JFK School)
_Asian Week_
Arthur Hu's web site, http://www.arthurhu.com/asianam.htm
the non-profit organization Leadership Education
for Asian Pacifics (LEAP, based in Los Angeles) has a Public Policy
Institute that puts out great volumes on Asian American issues. Michael
Omi has article on Asian Americans and Race Relations in LEAP's
publication "Policy Issues to the Year 2000". LEAP also published a good
volume called "Reframing the Immigration Debate."
THANKS TO: Sarita Ahuja, Irene Bloemraad, M. Margaret Conway, Theo
Gonzalvez, Michael Haas, Arthur Hu, Pei-te Lien, Laura Y. Liu, David Sears,
Christine Marie Sierra, and Joseph Stewart, Jr.
Regards,
Mark Lindeman
MTL4@columbia.edu
@@Asian (survey)
z43\clipim\2000\07\06\InAsia.htm
@@bias
SLATE: ANTI-ASIAN BIAS INVOLVED IN CLINTON CONTRIBUTION SCANDAL?
\CLIP\96\12\ANTIASIAN\ANTIASIAN.HTM
http://www.slate.com/Earthling/97-01-01/Earthling.asp Slanted Racial
prejudice is part of what fuels the Clinton campaign scandal. By
Robert Wright (1,220 words; posted Wednesday, Jan. 1; to be
@@Candidates
%%Asian
ASIANS OUTNUMBER BLACKS IN CA OFFICE BY 2 TO 1
z51\clip\2001\09\capol.txt
California: Asian Americans Flex Growing Political Muscle
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000073557sep12.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dpe%2Dcalifornia
-they form the Legislature's
largest Asian American caucus ever. It may be only four members
strong, but the Capitol's black caucus has only seven. In fact, the
institute found that Asian American officeholders outnumber African
American officials in California by 2 to 1.
ALL 2000 NATIONAL STATE ASIAN WINNERS WERE DEMOCRATS
z47\clip\2001\01\apapol.txt Asian American Politicians in Elections
2000 Advance Civic Participation By Mercedes Tira Andrei Special to
Asian Fortune
http://www.asianfortune.com/Jan01News/APA_politic1_01/apa_politic1_01.ht
ml All APA winners in the national and state elections belong to the
Democratic Party. With the exception of one winner from Minnesota,
the elected APAs come from California, Washington, Oregon, Guam and
Hawaii.
%%Citizen
z47\clipim\2001\01\28\28\citizen.doc Unnatural Born Citizens and
Acting Presidents by James C. Ho DEMOLITION MAN (Warner Bros. 1993)
(Sylvester Stallone: "Hold it! The Schwarzenegger Library?" Sandra
Bullock: "Yes, the Schwarzenegger Presidential Library. Wasn't he an
actor ?" Stallone: "Stop! He was President?" Bullock: "Yes. Even
though he was not born in this country, his popularity at the time
caused the 61st Amendment...
@@Chinese
%%Democrats
http://www.vdare.com/chinese.htm 7/2000
z44\clipim\2000\07\24\chinese\chinese.htm Whither the Chinese Vote?
John Derbyshire In so far as these characteristics favor any U.S.
political party, they favor the Democrats in their current
configuration. I would therefore expect that those Chinese Americans
who bother to vote will preferentially vote Democratic.
@@city
[[Houston
\clip\96\05\housdivr.txt 3/29/1996 HOUSTON AREA SURVEY Most
Houstonians in survey express support for racial diversity By JOHN
WILLIAMS Copyright 1996 Houston Chronicle
The City Council has one Asian-American, four Hispanics, four
African-Americans and six whites, almost perfectly balanced.
W B H A T
Pop% 39.9 28.1 27.6 4.1
Council 6 4 4 1 15
Pct 40 26 26 6.6 100
Rate 1.0 1.07 1.06 -1.61
[[New York
\doc\96\03\nymayor.txt
"Guiliani Captures Asian American Vote By 2 to 1"
AALDEF Outlook Spring 1994
In 1993, the Mayoral Exit Poll sponsored by
AALDEF and other organizations found that Asians
preferred Guiliani in a race that was close
overall by 67 to 25.
Group Party Dem Rep Non Dinkins Guiliani
Chinese 38 23 30 23 70
S. Asian 62 16 13 48 36
Korean 30 36 24 22 71
Filipino 24 38 26 8 80
Koreans and Filipinos were most conservative, S. Asians were mostly
Democratic, and were only group to prefer Dinkins.
asian.politics.vote
asian.politics.party
[[San Francisco
San Francisco loses its straight white male, gays are the best
represented (voting polls put gays at only 15% of the voting public,
probably 10% of the population given its high voting rate)
\doc\96\07\sfsupr.wk1
1996 San Francisco Board of Supervisors by Race
Group N Pct Pop Rate Index
Homose 3 30 10 3.00 3.50
Latin 2 20 13.9 1.44 1.68
Asian 3 30 28.4 1.06 1.23
Women 5 50 50 1.00 1.17
Men 5 50 50 1.00 1.17
Black 1 10 10.5 0.95 1.11
White 4 40 46.6 0.86 1.00
Hetero 7 70 90 0.78 -1.10
Analysis by Arthur Hu Source: S.F. Goes for Marijuana, Nader,
Affirmative Action Voters live up to liberal heritage November 7,
1996 · Page A17 San Francisco Chronicle John King
\doc\95\10\seatcoun.wk1 Seattle and San Francisco city council
San Francisco 1995: W1.00(1.37) B-1.58 H-2.09 A-2.13
\doc\95\14\sfvote.txt - Mayors primary vote '95 Willie Brown,
Achtenberg, Jordan
[[Seattle
20% BLACK FINALISTS FOR CITY COUNCIL NOT ENOUGH FOR CITY 10% BLACK TO
REPLACE ONLY BLACK COUNCILMAN IN SEATTLE
http://www.seattletimes.com/topstories/browse/html97/coun_010997.html
\clip\97\01\seacounc.txt Seattle Times Jan. 9, 1997 Seattle City
Council finalists trouble blacks Some say qualified candidates are
overlooked
\doc\95\10\seatcoun.wk1 Seattle and San Francisco city council
Seattle City Council 1995: W 1.00 B1.24 H0.00 A2.14
San Francisco 1995: W1.00(1.37) B-1.58 H-2.09 A-2.13
http://www.arthurhu.com/index/apolitic.htm#clinton
@@Clinton Cabinet and Appointments
@@Cabinet
z47\clip\2001\01\bushjew.txt January 22, 2001
http://www.observer.com/pages/opinions.asp Jews in Bush’s Cabinet?
Don’t Hold Your Breath by Philip Weiss George Bush has put every kind
of American in his cabinet except Jews. Remaking the American power
structure without Jews is like remaking sports without blacks.
2000 CLINTON APPOINTS 3% ASIANS = 1990 CENSUS QUOTA
"A Diverse Cabinet" Asian Week June 15, 2000 p.9
"President Clinton has appointed _the most diverse cabinet
and administration in history, naming more Asian Pacific
Americans and on the federal bench than any other president"
(what would you expect from somebody dedicated to race quotas?)
2% of top positions requiring Senate confirmation
3% of presidential appointments
3% of Schedule C positions
3% of non-career senior executive positions.
Article has photo and listing of all these people
\doc\web\99\17\clintadv.txt
USA Today Dec 9, 1999 p. 1
White House's missing voices
From chart:
Clinton's 26 key advisors over 7 years
White 100%
Cabinet 28 appointees over 7 years
W61 B25 H14 A0
Executive office
660 positions appointed by Clinton
W79.7 B11.6 A4 Hisp 3.9 Na0.8
(this is almost = to pop quota except Hispanic)
US Population
W72 B12 H11.5 A3.8 NativeAm 1%
CLINTON CABINET THE MOST DIVERSE NOT, THE BEST QUALIFIED.
"Hispanics Tell Clinton Too Few Lead" Seattle Times July 30, 1997 p.
A13 National Hispanic Leadership Agenda says Hispanics are 10% of the
population, bu 7% of presidential appointments to Cabinet agencies,
7.3%, 18 of 246 cabinet level positions, 4.56 140 of 1,850 appointed
positions.
\clip\97\08\cabinet.txt
http://167.8.29.8/plweb-cgi/idoc.pl?26+unix+_free_user_+cgi.usatoday.com..80+USATODAY_ONLINE+USATODAY_ONLINE+NEWS+NEWS++president%27s%26cabinet\
USA Today 03/24/97
President's Cabinet carries a lower profile
----------------
"Clinton didn't declare that he wanted the highest quality Cabinet.
He said he wanted a Cabinet that "looks like America." And he spent a
lot of time putting together the right combination of qualified
women, Hispanics and blacks in the top positions. Those are all
important constituencies of his Democratic Party. "It's not that the
quality of these appointees is bad. They are pretty much symbols and
gestures to interest groups each department must deal with"
CLINTON CABINET - EXCELLENCE OR DIVERSITY = MERIT?
\clip\96\12\clincab.txt Pena was picked for energy secretary because
he was Hispanic. AP story says it is a "picture of the US, other
articles says it makes a mockery of merit, and is lying if it
pretends to be anything other than racial favoritism.
Clinton cabinet of 14
\doc\96\08\clindivr.wk1 Clinton Cabinet Diversity
Analysis by Arthur Hu
Sources: "WASPs losing grip on Cabinet as Clinton extends diversity" Seattle Times
Dec 21, 1996 New Cabinet a Picture of U.S An AP News Analysis President Completes
Second-Term Team By Peter Baker Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday,
December 21 1996; Page A01 The Washington Post
Clinton 1997 Cabinet Diversity Ranking
2 14.3% 2.0% 7.14jews
3 21.4% 12.0% 1.79blacks (-1)
7 50.0% 35.0% 1.43white non-hispanic men
10 71.4% 50.0% 1.43men
1 7.1% 5.0% 1.43hispanic male
--------- Over Represented ---------------------------
4 28.6% 28.0% 1.02catholics
10 71.4% 72.0% -1.01white
2 14.3% 15.0% -1.05white male protestants
1 7.1% 10.1% -1.41hispanic (-1)
4 28.6% 50.0% -1.75women (+1)
0 0.0% 3.0% 0.00asian (1 would be 2.38)
Jews (7.1) and Blacks (1.8) and white non-Hispanic men (1.43) are
over-represented, but whites are only equal to population when they are
better qualified (-1.01). Hispanics are also close to parity. Asians would be
over-represented if they had even one, but would be "correct" averaged over
two terms if they had one in either term.
This cabinet still conforms to the rule that Catholics are 28% of
everything, no matter what you look at.
CLINTON 1992 CABINET HAS TOO MANY MINORITIES, AND WHITE MEN LIMITED
TO 35% POPULATION QUOTA, UNDER-REPRESENTED COMPARED TO QUALIFIED
POOL. 1992 Clinton Cabinet
Clinton Cabinet Vs. Population
Cab Pop Rate
Black Men 20 6 3.33
Hisp Men 13 4.5 2.89
----- Over-Represented ------
White Men 40 35 1.14
Black Women 6 6 1.00
White Women 20 35 -1.75
Women 27 50 -1.85
Hisp Women 0 4.5 0.00
Asian 0 3 0.00
doc924\clintcab.doc clinton cabinet
EXACTLY 3% OF CLINTON JUDGES ARE ASIAN - COINCIDENCE OR QUOTA?
doc940\clinjudg.xls Clinton judge appointments - exactly 3% of
clinton appointments are Asian at all levels
@@California Asian.Politics.California
%%General
doc923\jewjapn.txt - Pelosi / Panetta Jews vs. Japn-Ams in Congress
doc923\cocorel.wk1 - CA House of Rep by Religion
doc923\ocacon.txt - OCA convention Brown Der Furatani Riots
doc924\womenrun.xls - women of color running for House of Representatives
doc939\congress.xlw - cocorel, congrel.wk1, womenrun.xls all in one
%%Legislature
\z46\doc\web\2000\11\caleg.wk1
New State Legislature has More Minorities
Asian Week Nov 16, 2000 Steve Lawrence / AP
More openly gay than Asian legislators
2000 1990Pop Rate Index
4openly gay 3.3% 0 2.0% 1.67 1.17
84white 70.0% 49.1% 1.43 1.00
27latino 22.5% 7 31.5% 0.71 -2.00
6black 5.0% 7.4% 0.68 -2.11
35women 29.2% 18 50.0% 0.58 -2.44
3asian am 2.5% 0 12.0% 0.21 -6.84
@@Conflict (between races)
\clip\97\05\asia96.txt Seattle Times RACIAL, ETHNIC RIVALRY SHAPES
LEGISLATIVE CONTEST ASIANS COMPETE WITH AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN 37TH
DISTRICT Date: September 11, 1996 Section: LOCAL NEWS Page: B5 1)
CAMILLE MONZON 2) DAWN MASON 3) KIP TOKUDA 4) MAE SCOTT
@@Congress Asian.Politics.Congress
Ranked by Asian
----------------
Senate 1995 W1.34 B-16.10 H 0.00 A-3.02 N1.06 ERR
House 1995 W1.21 B -1.66 H-3.48 A-5.91 N0.00
Asians in congress 1995 W1.19 B -1.59 H-3.35 A-5.36
Asians Repub cong 1995 B-16.11 H-7.55 A-6.04
11/98 David Wu made history by becoming the first Chinese American
congressman from the U.S. mainland
\doc\web\98\09\apcong.txt
1996 Elections:
From: "Paula D. McClain, Professor and Chair"
Here are the figures I have.
Blacks-- 1 senator; 38 House members, INCLUDING DC non-voting delegate.
-1 seat from the 104th. (Franks lost, Cleo Fields was redistrcited out;
and Carson picked up the 10th district of Indiana)
Latinos--0 senators; IF Sanchez's lead holds and INCLUDING Puerto Rico's
non-voting delegate, the number of Latinos in House will be 20. This
would be a net gain of 2 seats over the number in the 104th. (Reyes
picked up the open 16th district in Texas). IF Sanchez's lead
dissipates, the number is 19.
Asians-- 2 senators (Akaka, Inouye from Hawaii) ; INCLUDING
non-voting delegates from Guam and American Somoa, number in House is
(5 Jay Kim, Matsui, . This is -1 over the 104th because Norman Mineta resigned and his
seat went to a non-Asian.
American Indians--1 senate; 0 House (Bill Yellowtail lost in Montana)
Hope this helps.
Paula
Asians in congress 1996
http://www.vote-smart.org/congress/104/indices/h-index.html All US congress
Jay Kim R (CA)
Matsui, Robert D (CA)
Patsy Mink D (HI) http://www.vote-smart.org/congress/104/hi/hi-02-a/index.html
\doc\95\01\rephouse.wk1 - Republicans in House by Race
W1.00(1.19) B-1.59 H-3.35 A-5.36
Republican congress B-16.11 H-7.55 A-6.04
Asians least likely to be in Congress
but equally likely to be Republican vs.
other minorities
\doc\95\01\cong95.wk1 - congress in 1995
"The New Congress", Seattle Times Jan 5, 1995 p. 3
Percent White Black Hisp Asian NatAm total
House 86.4% 8.7% 3.9% 0.9% 0.0% 100.0%
Senate 96.0% 1.0% 0.0% 2.0% 1.0% 100.0%
US Pop 71.6% 12.0% 51.3% 4.5% 0.7%
Index White Black Hisp Asian NatAm total
House 1.21 -1.66 -3.48 -5.91 ERR ERR
Senate 1.34 -16.10 ERR -3.02 1.06 ERR
doc931\congrel.wk1 - Congress and Senate by religion and race
@@City
%%Evergreen San Jose
doc933\evergr.txt San Jose Evergreen District
%%Los Angeles
doc932\lavote.xls breakdown of primary voters by race
doc933\RIOWOO.XLS Los Angeles 93 mayor race between Mike Woo Rich Riordan
Vs. Population W1.8 B1.2 H.22 A.31
Index W1.0 B-1.5 H-6.7 A-5.9
A+H are 50% of LA population, but only 14% of city voters
%%San Francisco
doc912\gaypol.txt - gays vs. Asians in SF politics
doc922\sfappt.wk1 - SF city appointments by race
doc923\prim.doc - 1992 primary vote, hi jews and gays, black, low asian
and hispanic
doc923\caprim92.wk1 - LA times presidential poll.
%%Monterey Park
doc931\montpark.xls - Monterey Park City Council
%%kennedy
\priv\95\02\kennstaff.txt Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, whose nephew has
called Republican candidate Mitt Romney's venture-capital company ''a
white boys' club,'' has a Senate payroll where minorities make up 19
percent of the staff. Of the 94 people Kennedy was responsible for
hiring in his Washington and Boston offices, Senate Labor and Human
Resources Committee and a subcommittee on immigration,11 are
African-American, 6 are*Asian*and 1 is Latino, according to Kennedy
Senate press secretary Pamela Hughes. Just over half, 48, are women.
file: \doc\95\06\eleclevl.txt Fed 0.2% State 3.6% Local 96.2%
path: asian.politics.level
reference: USA Snapshots USA Today Feb 16, 1995 "Elected Officials by
Level of Government" Source: Census Bureau, 1992 Census of
Governments
@@Conservative
CONSERVATIVES OF COLOR IS TOPIC OF BOOK
z48\clip\2001\03\guess.txt
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/d/dillard-guess.html 1st chapter
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/03/04/reviews/010304.04malcomt.html
March 4, 2001 Colorblind in the Right Eye A study of the conservative
movement in America finds a lot of new faces. By SCOTT L. MALCOMSON
ne does not associate scholars with perfect timing, news-wise, but
Angela D. Dillard's ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now?'' could not
be more of the moment. A rainbow arcs above a Republican White House.
The desperate mummery of the Philadelphia convention has issued in
something more honorable: a looks-like-America cabinet.
@@Democracy
%%Disadvantage
\clip\97\29\democr.txt Atlantic Magazine Was Democracy Just a Moment?
The global triumph of democracy was to be the glorious climax of the
American Century. But democracy may not be the system that will best
serve the world -- or even the one that will prevail in places that
now consider themselves bastions of freedom. by Robert D. Kaplan
[democracies only work in nations with a middle class and a working
economy]
@@District
In the old days, people used to use racial gerrymandering to
disempower blacks, now it is fashionable to use precisely the
same tactic to favor them, though some observe that such
tactics may backfire as whites gain back power in predominantly
white districts.
Princeton University Press has recently
published my book, "The Paradox of Representation: Racial
Gerrymandering and Minority Interests in Congress." I argue that
racial redistricting remains vital to the election of African
Americans and Latinos but has made the House less likely to adopt
policies favored by blacks.
I have also recently developed an (all text) web page. The address
(or URL) of my page is:
http://www.cla.sc.edu/gint/faculty/lublin/
@@donations, contribution scandal, Huang
Are Asians shut out of appointments? \clip\97\07\shorlist.txt Los
Angeles Times Tuesday, March 11, 1997 California Prospect / TOM PLATE
A List That's Short on Asian Americans Stung by the fund-raising
fracas, the administration is missing a key opportunity.
US NEWS ON ASIAN CONTRIBUTION SCANDAL
\clip\97\03\asiamony.txt U.S. NEWS 2/10/97 Clinton's next trial Why
illegal donations will bedevil the Democrats BY PAUL GLASTRIS AND
BRUCE B. AUSTER
http://www.usnews.com/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1997-01/27/053L-012797-idx.html
c:\clip\97\02\asdonor.txt The Curious Cast Of Asian Donors Some
Sought Access to Clinton, Others' Motives Remain Murky By Lena H. Sun
and John Pomfret Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, January 27
1997; Page A01 The Washington Post
@@Fong, Matt
@@Foreign Service
z47\clip\2000\12\statedep.txt Powell Calls for Minorities Overseas by
BARRY SCHWEID AP Diplomatic Writer
In foreign service Serv Pop
8,971 total 100% 100% Rate
8,075 White/Asian/Other 90% 80% 1.00
505 AfAm 5.6% 11% -2.20
390 Hispanic 4.3% 11% -2.85
@@Governor
On the front page of USA Today: These are America's governors. No
blacks. No Hispanics. 1/21/2002
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020121/3789377s.htm The U.S.
Not a single black or Hispanic is to be found among the nation's
sitting governors. The same is true for the Senate, whose 100 members
represent a population that is 12.5% Hispanic and 12.3% black. Women
have made major political strides since the civil rights movement of
the 1960s: Five are governors and 13 are in the Senate Of the 1,864
people who have served in the Senate since 1789, 15 have been
minorities: four blacks (two elected), three Hispanics, four
Asian-Americans, three Native Americans and one Native Hawaiian. More
than 2,200 people have served as governors. Nine have been
minorities: four Hispanics, three Asian-Americans, one black and one
Native Hawaiian."
@@Hispanic
Rookie Hispanic Office Holders Attend Boot Camp
Wall Street Journal Dec 12, 2000
Hispanic office holders before / after 2000 election
No US senators
U.S. House of Representatives
Democrat 15 16
Republican 4 3
State houses of representatives or assemblies
Democrat 118 124
Republican 21 23
State Senate
Democrat 46 45
Republican 6 6
@@local
\doc\96\01\censgov.wk1 - Census of Local Governments
1992 Census of Goverments: Local government officials: Popularly
Elected Officials, Preliminary Report No. 2 GC92-2(P), from the 1992
Census of Governments Ranked by Representation in local goverment 1992
Govt Index
White 95.3% 1.00
NatAm 0.4% -2.21
Female 24.0% -2.64
Black 2.8% -5.42
Hisp 1.4% -8.14
Asian 0.1% -37.97
\doc\95\04\loclelec.wk1 Locally Elected Officials
Summary: W1.00 B-5.5 H-8.24 A-37 N-2.24
Asians least likely to be locally elected officals
Native Americans and Blacks are 2 and 3rd after Whites
Source: Census Bureau as appears in USA Today March 21, 1995 p. A
White Black Hispanic Native AmAsian / PI
Officials 96.7% 2.8% 1.4% 0.4% 0.1%
1990 Pop 75.4% 12.0% 9.0% 0.7% 2.9%
Rate 1.28 0.23 0.16 0.57 0.03
Index 1.00 -5.50 -8.24 -2.24 -37.19
Ranked By Index
1.00 White
-2.24 Native Am
-5.50 Black
-8.24 Hispanic
-37.19 Asian / PI
@@mayor
\doc\96\01\blakturn.txt "Black Turns to White" Economist Nov 18, 1995
p. 32 Gary Indiana picks a white mayor, the loser says because of
this race. Black mayors in cities of over 50,000 have increased from
27 to 36 over the past 10 years.
\priv\95\08\sfmayor.htm
SF Chronicle: Minorities Find Power Is Elusive / S.F. has never
elected person of color as mayor (HTML) Jan 16, 1995
Asian.Politics.Party
@@Party
Asians are most republican of any race (only race more so than
whites), but Japanese are most Democratic, Vietnamese most republican
Asian congressmen are about evenly split. South Asians in New York
are democratic.
MOST ASIANS TEND TO VOTE CONSERVATIVE / REPUBLICAN
\doc\97\03\consasia.txt
"The Conservative Asian American" The American Enterprise Jan/Feb
1997 Vol 8. No. 1 F040197-1 John J. Miller. Notes that Asians favor
Republicans for president. Japanese, Filipinos and Indians tend to be
Democratic. Hispanics, Jews, Blacks and Gays are democratic and
liberal
\CLIP\96\02\GOPCA.TXT Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 02:07:57 -0400 GOP
Begins California Assault By RICH HARRIS Associated Press Writer The
California delegation -- the largest at the convention -- is one of
the most diverse as well. Of the 330 delegates and alternates, 142
are women, 30 are Hispanic, 27 are Asian and 20 are black.
An Associated Press survey of all but 106 of the 1,990 delegates at the
convention found just 54 blacks and 47 Hispanics.
\clip\96\02\gopdiv.txt 8/16/96 GOP DIVERSITY AT PODIUM NOT REFLECTED
ON FLOOR By BOB DART Cox News Service
Minority delegates at 1996 Republican Convention
1996 B 2.7 H2.5 A1
1992 B 3.7
\doc\96\03\nymayor.txt
"Guiliani Captures Asian American Vote By 2 to 1"
AALDEF Outlook Spring 1994
In 1993, the Mayoral Exit Poll sponsored by
AALDEF and other organizations found that Asians
preferred Guiliani in a race that was close
overall by 67 to 25.
Group Party Dem Rep Non Dinkins Guiliani
Chinese 38 23 30 23 70
S. Asian 62 16 13 48 36
Korean 30 36 24 22 71
Filipino 24 38 26 8 80
Koreans and Filipinos were most conservative, S. Asians were mostly
Democratic, and were only group to prefer Dinkins.
1993 New York Mayoral Exit Poll (AALDEF)
Ranked by Democratic Party / Guiliani Support
62% / 36% S. Asian
38% / 70% Chinese
30% / 71% Korean
24% / 80% Filipino
Overall was about 50% Guiliani
"Guiliani Captures Asian American Vote By 2 to 1"
AALDEF Outlook Spring 1994
asian.politics.vote
asian.politics.party
\doc\95\01\rephouse.wk1 - Republicans in House by Race
W1.00(1.19) B-1.59 H-3.35 A-5.36
Republican congress B-16.11 H-7.55 A-6.04
Asians least likely to be in Congress
but equally likely to be Republican vs.
other minorities
\doc\96\01\latino.wk1
Source: 1990 census, Field Institute as compiled by
San Francisco Chronicle July 20, 1992 p. A9
Index analysis by Arthur Hu
Latinos in California
Politics
Democrats 66% 49% 1.35
Republicans 25% 41% -1.64
Conservative 34% 37% -1.09
Moderate 40% 41% -1.03
Liberal 26% 22% 1.18
Registered Citizen 44% 62% -1.41
Hispanics citizens are less likely to be registered voters
Moderates and Conservatives more numerous than Latino
Liberals, however, 18% more likely to be liberal than average.
@@Media bias
MOST LIBERAL WERE AND STILL ARE "LIBERAL".
The liberal media trumpet their demise Michael Kelly Seattle Times Dec
11, 2002S. Robert Lichter looked at 10 major surveys from 1962 to 1996
mainstream journalists. Percentage "liberal" were 57, 53, 59, 42, 54,
50, 32, 55, 22 and 61 vs. conservative: 28, 17, 18, 19, 17, 21, 12,
17, 5, and 9. 1996 survey of 1,037 reporters at 61 newspapers
"Democrat" or "liberal" vs only 15% Republican or leaning.
@@President
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/10/08/viet-ams-and-mccain/
Viet-Ams and McCain, Asian Week
By: Vu Duc Vuong,
(2) http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/10/06_naas.shtml
The National Asian American Survey(2) of almost 4,400 APIs, conducted in
August and September, shows that
41 percent support Senator Obama, 24
percent back Senator McCain and 34 percent remain undecided.
60 Japanese Americans,
53 South Asians
41 Chinese Americans
37 percent of Korean and Filipino Americans would vote for Obama,
51 percent Vietnamese Americans
support McCain.
The majority of Asian Americans who voted in the primary supported
Hillary Clinton over Obama by nearly 2 to 1, but Clinton supporters
now overwhelmingly plan to vote for Obama rather than for McCain by a
59 percent to 10 percent margin among likely voters
Overall, 32 percent of all Asian Americans identify themselves as
Democrats; 14 percent as Republicans; 19 percent as independents; and
35 percent as nonpartisan, not fitting into any of the major party
categories. One-third of Asian American citizens get informed about
politics from Asian-language media and 28 percent say they would use
Asian-language ballot materials
full survey: http://www.naasurvey.com/
pdf report http://www.naasurvey.com/assets/NAAS-National-report.pdf
\clip\2008\10\NAAS-National-report.pdf
(Erratum: 22% of Vietnamese identify with the Democratic Party, and
29% with the Republican Party; the print version distributed on
October 6 had those values in reverse order.)
\doc\web\2008\10\naasurvey.xls
Asian American Voter Survey 2008
Analysis by Arthur Hu
full survey: http://www.naasurvey.com/
pdf report http://www.naasurvey.com/assets/NAAS-National-report.pdf
\clip\2008\10\NAAS-National-report.pdf
Table 7 Voter Preferences by Ethnic Group
McCain Obama Other Undecid Ratio
Japanese17 60 0 38 3.53
AsInd 13 53 0.6 33 4.08
All 24 41 1 34 1.71
Chinese 12 41 3 43 3.42
Other As26 38 1 35 1.46
Korean 27 36 0 38 1.33
Filipino29 35 1 34 1.21
Vietname51 24 1 24 0.47
Table 5. Party Identification Among Asian Americans
DemocratIndepen Republ Non-PartRatio
AsInd 39 21 7 33 5.57
Chinese 25 28 7 40 3.57
Japanese42 17 14 28 3.00
Other As36 15 14 35 2.57
All 32 19 14 35 2.29
Korean 38 6 18 39 2.11
Filipino35 18 19 28 1.84
Vietname22 15 29 34 0.76
Table 2. Proportion of Likely Voters By Ethnic Subgroup
Ranked by % of all that are likely voters
Total All Citizen RegVoter
Korean 60 82 89
Other As55 60 70
Vietname52 65 80
AsInd 45 73 78
All 43 65 74
Japanese41 72 84
Chinese 39 60 71
Filipino30 67 69
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ASIANS SWING TOWARDS DEMOCRATS
Clinton 31 - Clinton 43 - Gore 54 - Kerry 58
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120504L.shtml
The White Elephant in the Room
By Bob Wing
AlterNet.org
Saturday 04 December 2004
AALDEF The poll found that Asian Americans favored John Kerry over George Bush by
74-24 percent. First timers voted for Kerry by 78-20. A Los Angeles Times
poll of 3,357 California voters found that 64 percent of Asian Americans
voted for Kerry and 34 percent for Bush.
Asians were not included in national exit polls until 1992. In that
election, won by Clinton, their Republican and independent bent showed
through, with Bush Sr. receiving 55 percent of the Asian vote, Perot 15
percent and Clinton only 31 percent. However, since 1992 Asians have turned
strongly toward the Democrats. Clinton won 43 percent in 1996, Gore won 54
percent and Kerry at least 58 percent.
HISPANICS GAVE BUSH 40, NOT 44% OF VOTE IN 2004
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=EXITPOLLS-LATINO-12-02-04&cat=HR
Hispanic vote less for Bush than exit polls showed By JAMES W. BROSNAN
Scripps Howard News Service December 02, 2004
WASHINGTON - Initial network exit polls on Election Day overestimated
President Bush's support among Hispanic voters, an NBC official said
Thursday.
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2004 LA Times Exit Poll
http://a1022.g.akamai.net/f/1022/8158/5m/images.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2004-11/14935824.pdf
z84\clipim\2004\11\07\lapoll.pdf
White 79% 57% 42%
Black 10% 14% 86%
Latino 5% 45% 54%
Asian 3% 34% 64%
5,154 voters across USA
Bush
OwnGun42% 65%
Rural 12% 62%
Married Men 31% 59%
South 32% 57%
Prot 51% 55%
Cath 25% 55%
Milit 46% 54%
All 100% 51%
City 36% 43%
East 24% 42%
Union 27% 43%
SingWomen 19% 35%
Asian 3% 34% 64%
Jewish 4% 26%
Gay 4% 17%
Black 10% 14%
2004 CNN POLL BY RACE
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
VOTE BY RACE BUSH KERRY NADER
TOTAL 2004 2000 2004 2004
White (77%) 58% +4 41% 0%
Latino (8%) 44% +9 53% 2%
Other (2%) 40% +1 54% 2%
Asian (2%) 44% +3 56% *
African-Am(11%)11% +2 88% 0%
Shows that Asian vote for Bush increased by 3 points since 2000, but
are 2nd only to blacks in support for Kerry. Asians favored GOP
before 2000 election.
z84\clipim\2004\11\03\exitpoll\exitpoll.htm
z84\clip\2004\09\aspoll.txt
(http://www.ncmonline.com/media/pdf/polls/apia_presentation.pdf)
Conducted by Bendixen & Associates and The Tarrance Group
poll of 1,004 Asian
and Pacific Islander (APIA) registered voters likely to participate in the
November 2nd presidential election.
Fifty-nine percent of the respondents chose to be interviewed in a language
other than English.
The Democratic
nominee leads by 43 percent to 36 percent over the Republican nominee with a
substantial 20 percent still undecided
** Kerry has a strong lead among Chinese, Asian Indian and Hmong voters.
** Bush has a strong lead among Vietnamese and Filipino voters.
** Japanese, Korean and Pacific Islander voters split their votes equally
between Kerry and Bush.
** Kerry does best among younger APIA voters (18-39) and those that have a
college degree while Bush does best among older APIA voters (60+) and those
with a high school degree.
** Same-sex or gay marriage is supported by a small percentage (21%) of the
APIA electorate
ASIANS FARE WORSE IN BIAS PRESIDENTIAL VOTE SURVEY
Washington, D.C. 4/26/01
"Study uncovers bias against Asian-Americans"
...."The survey found that more Americans were uncomfor-
table voting for an Asian-American to be president
Asian Americna 24%
African-American 15%
woman 14%
Jewish 11%
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/
story.asp?file=/2001/4/26/world/2625mino&sec=world
@@religion
\doc\95\01\jewsedin.wk1 - Jewish profile, 1988 LA Times poll
Party Registration
Not Registered 8 22 -2.75
Democratic 56 32 1.75
Republican 12 22 -1.85
Independent 10 15 -1.55
Political Ideology
Liberal 41 18 2.25
Middle of Road 27 29 -1.05
Conservative 17 30 -1.75
d:\doc\94\19\vote94.wk1 - House Vote in 1994 NYT Poll
"Portrait of the Electorate: Who Voted for Whom in the House"
New York Times Nov 13, 1994 p. 15 Based on various New
York Times polls of 5,000 to 10,000 voters in each year
Ranked by Republican house vote in 1992
Group % of Vote For Republican Index
White Born-Agai 20% 66
WhiteProtestant 41% 57
Asian 1% 51 1.02
White men 40% 51
White 79% 50 1.00
White Women 40% 49
Catholic 29% 43
Hispanic 5% 28 -1.82
Gay/Lesb/Bi 3% 23 -2.17
Jewish 4% 21 -2.38
Black Men 6% 16
Black 13% 11 -4.54
Black Women 7% 8
Only the Christian Right was more Republican than Asians.
@@Senate
Hawaii
Daniel K. Inouye
Daniel K. Akaka
@@state
%%Washington
Washington State Representative Dawn Mason is the only black in the
state house, and only one of two in the legislature.
Kip Tokuda is one of two Asians in the state legislature "Racial,
ethnic rivalry shapes legislative contest" Seattle Times Sept 11, 1996
"'Political reality' or cultural naivete?" Seattle Times Jan 29, 1995
B3 Of 147 members of the Washington State legislature, 2 are African
American, six are minorities (2 are Asian, which make the other 2
Hispanic or Native Amerian)
@@student
\priv\95\08\studpol.htm Asian Students Taking to Politics (HTML) San
Francisco Chronicle May 05, 1995 At UC Berkeley, Asians are 50% of
student senate, 75% of top offices, but 40% of students. Asian women
especially strong ("Connie Chung effect")
@@Survey
\clip\97\09\asianam.htm ASIAN-ANERICANS' GROWING CLOUT They're
Flexing Their Economic, Political Muscle
By Claude R. Marx Investor s Business Daily 3/27/97
The dubious fund-raising exploits of John Huang, James Riady and
Charles Trie on behalf of President Clinton have put three men of
Asian heritage on the front page in a highly unflattering light.
"Two Asian-Americans sit in the U.S. Senate, Daniel Akaka and Daniel
Inouye are both Democrats and represent Hawaii. There are five Asian
Americans in the U.S. House, two representing California and one each
representing Guam, Hawaii and Samoa. All but one of them, Rep. Jay
Kim of California, are Democrats. There are 22 Asian-American state
senators, 41 state representatives, one state treasurer, one
secretary of state, 26 mayors, 83 city council members, and 210
judges. "
@@undecided
\doc\96\06\undecide.wk1 Undecided Voters Pres96
Voters who say they are undecided, or have a preference but
are not definite, 1996 Presidential Race Clinton/Dole
Ranked by % Undecided
54Independents
45Under age 30
43Hispanics
39Blue-collar workers
36Moderates
34Women
33All Voters
31Men
26Blacks
22Over age 60
Source: WSJ/NBC News Poll
Wall Street Journal Oct 4, 1996 p. A10
@@vote
doc923\sccvote.wk1 Santa Clara County voters by Asian ethnicity
see @@vote
@@women
\priv\95\08\studpol.htm - asian women are most successful in
elections
see Seattle City council - 2 Asian women / 9