Are Asian Americans a Meaningful Political Community?

Changing patterns of Asian‐American partisanship: Accounting for the politicization of the U.S.’s fastest growing minority

“… See Espiritu (1993),Lai (2021), andLien et al (2021). The above statement does not mean that shared experiences are unimportant as we show in the results presented next.…”

“…The nonpartisan category contains respondents who said specifically they did not think of themselves in terms of partisanship but also those who answered either "Don't know" or those who did not answer the party identification question.5 Discussions of pan-ethnicity can be found inEspiritu (1993). SeeLien et al (2021) who note that the diversity of Asian Americans has kept this group's members from developing into a "meaningful" political community.6 The split between Asian Americans who were Republican versus Democrat distinguished them from Hispanics living in California who were predominantly Democratic in orientation. Again, seeCain, Keiwiet, and Ulander (1991); see alsoKim (2007).7 Having come to the United States from a country with a communist government, the political orientations of Vietnamese Americans can be compared to those of Cuban Americans, see, for example,Bishin and Klofstad (2012).8 SeeLai (2021) andLien et al (2021).…”

“…SeeLien et al (2021) who note that the diversity of Asian Americans has kept this group's members from developing into a "meaningful" political community.6 The split between Asian Americans who were Republican versus Democrat distinguished them from Hispanics living in California who were predominantly Democratic in orientation. Again, seeCain, Keiwiet, and Ulander (1991); see alsoKim (2007).7 Having come to the United States from a country with a communist government, the political orientations of Vietnamese Americans can be compared to those of Cuban Americans, see, for example,Bishin and Klofstad (2012).8 SeeLai (2021) andLien et al (2021). See alsoRaychaudhuri (2018Raychaudhuri ( , 2020 and Chan, Ching, and Raychaudhuri (2021) who posit that the increasing democratic preferences of Asian Americans is due in part to them being socialized in locally partisan contexts rather than the family.…”

“…Again, seeLai (2021) andLien et al (2021).22 Wong (2018) explored how demographic change, particularly the growth of Asian Americans, has affected the impact of being an evangelical on this group's members' partisan leanings.…”

Diversity Matters: The Election of Asian Americans to U.S. State and Federal Legislatures

“…This description of Asians or Asian Americans as "panethnic" is not new (Espiritu 1992). We utilize Asian American for the panethnic identity as outlined by these same scholars and others (e.g., Lien et al 2021). In the context of Asians or Asian Americans, we follow Lien, Conway, and Wong (2003) and use "ethnicity" or "ethnic origin" to refer to individual groups (e.g., Hmong and Japanese).…”