Asian American and Pacific Islands American conservatism in the United States

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Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans have given fluctuating levels of support to conservative movements and political parties in the United States, particularly the Republican Party. Many Republican Party members with these origins have obtained posts as elected representatives and political appointments as office holders.

Voting trends[]

From the 1940s to the 1990s most Asian Americans were anti-communist refugees who had fled mainland China, North Korea or Vietnam, and were strongly anti-Communist.^{[citation needed]} Many had ties to conservative organizations.^[1][2] In recent years, more liberal Asian-American groups such as newer Chinese and Indian immigrants have greatly changed the Asian-American political demographics, as well as a larger proportion of younger Asian Americans, many of whom have completed college degrees.^[3]

During the 1990s and 2000s, Asian American voting behavior shifted from moderate support for the Republican Party to stronger support for the Democratic Party.^[4] In the 1992 presidential election Republican George H. W. Bush received 55% of the Asian-American vote compared to 31% for Democrat Bill Clinton. Asian Americans voted Republican and were the only racial group more conservative than whites in the 1990s, according to surveys.^[1] By the 2004 election, Democrat John Kerry won 56% of the Asian American vote, with Chinese and Indian Americans tending to support Kerry, and Vietnamese and Filipino Americans tending to support George Bush.^[5] Japanese-Americans leaned towards Kerry, while Korean-Americans leaned towards Bush.^[5] Democrat Barack Obama won 62% of the Asian American vote in the 2008 presidential election,^[6] with the margin increasing during the 2012 presidential election, where Asian Americans voted to re-elect Obama by 73%.^[7] In the 2014 midterm elections, based on exit polls, 50% of Asian Americans voted Republican, while 49% voted Democrat; this swing towards voting for Republicans was a shift from the strong Democratic vote in 2012, and had not reached 50% since 1996.^[8] The 2016 National Asian American Survey, conducted before the 2016 presidential election, found that 55% of Asian American registered voters supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and only 14% supported Republican candidate Donald Trump.^[9]

Despite their growing trend of voting for Democrats in national elections, Asian Americans have tended to identify as independents and have not developed strong ties to political parties as a group.^[10] Due to the smaller size of the groups population, in comparison to the population as a whole, it has been difficult to get an adequate sampling to forecast voter outcomes for Asian Americans.^[11] In 2008, polls indicated that 35% considered themselves non-partisan, 32% Democrats, 19% independents, and 14% Republicans.^[12] The 2012 National Asian American Survey found that 51% considered themselves non-partisan, 33% Democrats, 14% Republicans, and 2% Other;^[13][14] Hmong, Indian, and Korean Americans strongly identified as Democrats, and Filipino and Vietnamese Americans most strongly identified as Republicans.^[14] In 2013, according to the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Chinese Americans were the least likely Asian American ethnicity to have a party affiliation, with only one third belonging to a party.^[15] The 2016 National Asian American Survey found that 41% of Asian Americans identified as non-partisan, 41% as Democrats (a modest increase from 2008 and 2012), and 16% as Republicans.^[9]

Neither the Republican nor Democratic parties have financed significant efforts to the registration of Asian Americans, however much more attention has been focused on contributions from Asian Americans,^[16] having once been referred to as potential "Republican Jews".^[17] As recently as 2006, the outreach efforts of America's two major political parties have been unbalanced, with the Democratic Party devoting more resources in attracting Asian Americans.^[18] In 2016, a majority of Asian-Americans possessed the same political views on racial profiling, education, social security, and immigration reform as the Democratic Party; the efforts to attract Asian-Americans has produced a proportionally significant growth in Democratic affiliation by Asian-Americans from 2012 to 2016 by 12 percent.^[19] Political affiliation aside, Asian Americans have trended to become more politically active as a whole, with 2008 seeing an increase of voter participation by 4% to a 49% voting rate.^[20]

Timeline of events[]

This is a timeline of significant events in Asian history which have shaped the conservative movement in the United States.

1900s

• 1903 - Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole elected as Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii Territory's At-large district

1920s

• 1927 - Victor S. K. Houston elected as Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii Territory's At-large district

1930s

• 1935 - Samuel Wilder King elected as Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii Territory's At-large district

1950s

• 1953 - Samuel Wilder King elected as Territorial Governor of Hawaii
• 1956 - President Dwight Eisenhower appoints Peter Tali Coleman as Governor of American Samoa
• 1959 - Hiram Fong elected a United States Senator from Hawaii
  • James Kealoha elected as Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

1960s

• 1969 - President Richard Nixon appoints Carlos Camacho as Governor of Guam

1970s

• 1971 - Kurt Moylan elected as Lieutenant Governor of Guam
• 1977 - S. I. Hayakawa elected as United States Senator from California
• 1978 - Peter Tali Coleman elected as Governor of American Samoa
  • Tufele Liamatua elected as Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa
• 1979 - Paul McDonald Calvo elected as Governor of Guam
  • Joseph Franklin Ada elected as Lieutenant Governor of Guam

1980s

• 1981 - President Ronald Reagan appoints Wendy Lee Gramm as Head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• 1982 - Pedro Tenorio elected as Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
  • Pedro Agulto Tenorio elected as Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
• 1983 - Joseph Franklin Ada elected as Governor of Guam
• 1985 - Vicente T. Blaz elected as Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Guam's at-large district
• 1987 - Pat Saiki (HI) elected to U.S. Congress
  • Frank Blas elected as Lieutenant Governor of Guam
• 1989 - President George H. W. Bush appoints Elaine Chao as United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation
  • Peter Tali Coleman elected as Governor of American Samoa
    • Galea'i Peni Poumele elected as Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa

1990s

• 1990 - Juan Babauta elected as Resident Representative of the Northern Mariana Islands
  • Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero as Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
    • Benjamin Manglona as Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
• 1991 - President George H. W. Bush appoints the following:
  • Elaine Chao as Director of the Peace Corps
  • Pat Saiki as Administrator of the Small Business Administration
  • Jan C. Ting as Assistant Commissioner at the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the U.S. Department of Justice
    • Cheryl Lau is elected as Secretary of State of Nevada
• 1992 - Gaioi Tufele Galeai appointed as Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa
• 1993 - Jay Kim (CA) elected to U.S. Congress
• 1995 - John Ensign (NV) elected to U.S. Congress
  • Matt Fong elected as California State Treasurer
• 1998 - President Bill Clinton appoints Bert Mizusawa as Deputy Undersecretary of the Army for Interagency and International Affairs
  • Pedro Tenorio elected as Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
    • Jesus Sablan elected as Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands

2000s

• 2001 - President George W. Bush appoints the following:
  • Elaine Chao as United States Secretary of Labor
  • David S. C. Chu as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
  • Viet D. Dinh as United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy
  • David Kuo as Deputy Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
  • Susan Ralston as Special Assistant to the President
  • Victor Cha as Director for Asian Affairs
  • Karan Bhatia as Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry
    • John Ensign elected as United States Senator from Nevada
• 2002 - Duke Aiona as Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
  • Juan Babauta elected as Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
    • Pedro Agulto Tenorio elected as Resident Representative of the Northern Mariana Islands
      • Diego Benavente as Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
• 2003 - Felix Perez Camacho elected as Governor of Guam
  • Kaleo Moylan as Lieutenant Governor of Guam
• 2005 - Bobby Jindal (LA) elected to U.S. Congress
• 2006 - President George W. Bush appoints the following:
  • Edmund C. Moy as Director of the United States Mint
  • Wan J. Kim as Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
  • John Yoo as Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel
  • Mina Nguyen as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Affairs and Public Liaison
  • Angela Perez Baraquio to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
• 2007 - Michael Cruz elected as Lieutenant Governor of Guam
• 2008 - Bobby Jindal elected as Governor of Louisiana
  • President George W. Bush appoints the following:
    • Sada Cumber as United States Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
    • Neel Kashkari as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability
    • Sandy Baruah as Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration
    • Jessie K. Liu as Deputy Assistant Attorney General
    • Lanhee Chen to the Social Security Advisory Board
      • James C. Ho appointed as Solicitor General of Texas
• 2009 - Steve Austria (OH) & Joseph Cao (LA) are elected to U.S. Congress

2010s

• 2010 - Charles Djou (HI) elected to U.S. Congress
• 2011 - Nikki Haley elected as Governor of South Carolina
  • Eddie Baza Calvo elected as Governor of Guam
• 2013 - Eloy Inos elevated as Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
  • Jude Hofschneider elevated to Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
    • Sean Reyes appointed as Attorney General of Utah
• 2014 - Nandita Berry appointed as Secretary of State of Texas
• 2015 - Amata Coleman Radewagen elected as Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa's at-large district
  • Ralph Torres elected as Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
    • Ralph Torres elevated as Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
      • Victor Hocog elevated as Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
        • Yumi Hogan becomes the First Lady of Maryland
• 2017 - President Donald Trump appoints the following:
  • Nikki Haley as United States Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Elaine Chao as United States Secretary of Transportation
  • Noel Francisco as Solicitor General of the United States
  • Seema Verma as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Ajit Pai as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
  • Neil Chatterjee as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  • Neomi Rao as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
  • Manisha Singh as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
  • Gopal Khanna as Director of The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Kari Bingen as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
  • Derek Kan as Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy
  • Vishal Amin as Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
  • Raj Shah as White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary
  • as Special Assistant to the President (Technology, Telecom, and Cyber-Security Policy)
• 2018 - President Donald Trump appoints the following:
  • Jeff Tien Han Pon as Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management
  • Michelle Giuda as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
  • Holly Ham as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
  • as Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
  • as White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs (House Liaison)
  • Uttam Dhillon as White House Deputy Counsel
    • Kimberly Yee elected as State Treasurer of Arizona

2020s

• 2020 - Young Kim and Michelle Steel (both CA) elected to U.S. Congress

Politicians[]

Arizona[]

• Kimberly Yee - Arizona State Representative (2011-2013), Arizona State Senator (2013-2019), & Arizona State Treasurer (2019–present)
• Barry Wong - Arizona State Representative (1993-2001) & Arizona Corporation Commissioner (2006-2007)

California[]

• Lisa Bartlett - Orange County Supervisor (2014–present)
• Tani Cantil-Sakauye - Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court (2011–present)
• Chris Cate - San Diego City Councilman (2014–present)
• Ling Ling Chang - California State Assemblywoman (2014-2016) & California State Senator (2018-present)
• Phillip Chen - California State Assemblyman (2016–present)
• Ming Chin - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California (1996–2020)
• Steven Choi - California State Assemblyman (2016–present)
• Betty Tom Chu - Mayor of Monterey Park, California (2003–2012)
• Harmeet Dhillon - Vice Chairwoman of the California Republican Party (2010-2016)
• Tyler Diep - California State Assemblyman (2018–2020)
• Andrew Do - Orange County Supervisor (2014–present)
• Jose Esteves - Mayor of Milpitas (2002-2016)
• Vince Fong - California State Assemblyman (2016–present)
• Mike Gin - Mayor of Redondo Beach (2005-2013)
• S. I. Hayakawa - United States Senator (1977-1983)
• Tom Hom - California State Assemblyman (1970-1972)
• Shirley Horton - California State Assemblywoman (2000-2008)
• Young Kim - California State Assemblywoman (2014-2016) & United States Congresswoman (2021–present)
• Alan Nakanishi - California State Assemblyman (2002-2008)
• Janet Nguyen - Orange County Board Supervisor (2007-2014), California State Senator (2014-2018), & California State Assemblywoman (2020–present)
• Eunice Sato - Mayor of Long Beach (1980-1982)
• Harry Sidhu - Mayor of Anaheim (2018–present)
• Michelle Steel - Member of the California State Board of Equalization (2007-2015), Orange County Supervisor (2015-2021), & United States Congresswoman (2021–present)
• Nao Takasugi - California State Assemblyman (1992-1998)
• Van Tran - California State Assemblyman (2004-2010)

Colorado[]

• Janak Joshi - Colorado State Representative (2011-2017)

Connecticut[]

• Prasad Srinivasan - Connecticut State Representative (2011–2019)
• Tony Hwang - Connecticut State Representative (2009-2015) & Connecticut State Senator (2015-present)

Georgia[]

• B. J. Pak - Georgia State Representative (2011-2017) & United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia (2017–present)

Hawaii[]

• Kurt Fevella - Hawaii State Senator (2019-present)
• Val Okimoto - Hawaii State Representative (2019-present)
• Kenji M. Price - United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii (2018–present)
• Andria Tupola - Hawaii State Representative (2015–2019)
• - Hawaii State Representative (2015-2017)
• Lauren Matsumoto - Hawaii State Representative (2013–present)
• Beth Fukumoto - Hawaii State Representative (2013-2017) (Became a Democrat in 2017)
• Richard Fale - Hawaii State Representative (2013-2015)
• David S. Chang - Chairman of the Hawaii Republican Party (2011-2014)
• Aaron Ling Johanson - Hawaii State Representative (2010-2014) (Became a Democrat in 2014)
• Karen Awana - Hawaii State Representative (2007) (Became a Democrat in 2007)
• Mike Gabbard - Hawaii State Senator (2007) (Became a Democrat in 2007)
• Kymberly Pine - Hawaii State Representative (2005-2013) & Honolulu City Council (2013-2017) (Became a Democrat in 2017)
• Lynn Finnegan - Hawaii State Representative (2003-2011)
• - Hawaii State Representative (2003-2013)
• - Hawaii State Representative (2001-2005)
• - Hawaii State Representative (2001-2005)
• - United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii (2001-2009)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1999-2003)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1999-2005)
• David Pendleton - Hawaii State Representative (1997-2005)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1997-1999)
• Quentin Kawananakoa - Hawaii State Representative (1995-1999)
• Larry Tanimoto - Mayor of Hawaii County (1990)
• Bernard Akana - Mayor of Hawaii County (1988-1990)
• - Hawaii State Senator (1988-1995)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1987) (Became a Democrat in 1987)
• Ann Kobayashi - Hawaii State Senator (1981-1988) (Became a Democrat in 1988)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1981-1983)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1981-1983)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1979-1991) & Hawaii State Senator (1995-1997)
• Barbara Marumoto - Hawaii State Representative (1979-2013)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1977-1983)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1975-1987) & Hawaii State Senator (1987-1988) (Became a Democrat in 1988)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1975-1987)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1975-1977)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1973-1977)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1973-1975)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1971-1974) (Became a Democrat in 1974)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1971-1975)
• Hiram Fong - Hawaii State Representative (1948-1959) & United States Senator (1959-1973)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1971-1979)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1971-1976) (Became a Democrat in 1976)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1967-1976) (Became a Democrat in 1976)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1967-1971 & 1977-1979) & Hawaii State Senator (1977-1987)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1967-1977) & Hawaii State Senator (1971-1975)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1967-1977)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1967-1979) & Hawaii State Senator (1979-1985)
• Peter Aduja - Hawaii State Representative (1967-1975)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1965-1967)
• - Hawaii State Senator (1963-1967)
• - Hawaii State Senator (1963-1971)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1963-1965)
• - Hawaii State Senator (1959-1965)
• - Hawaii State Senator (1959-1967)
• - Hawaii State Senator (1959-1963)
• - Hawaii State Senator (1959-1963)
• - Hawaii State Senator (1959-1962) (Became a Democrat in 1962)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1959-1967) & Hawaii State Senator (1967-1983)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1959-1963)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1959-1971)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1959-1967) & Hawaii State Senator (1967-1975)
• - Hawaii State Representative (1959-1963)
• Sanji Abe - Hawaii State Representative (1940-1946)

Idaho[]

• Julie VanOrden - Idaho State Representative (2012-2018)
• Pat Takasugi - Idaho State Representative (2007-2011)

Kansas[]

• Shanti Gandhi - Kansas State Representative (2013-2015)

Kentucky[]

• Amul Thapar - United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2006-2008)

Louisiana[]

• Joseph Cao- United States Representative for Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District (2009-2011)

Massachusetts[]

• Sabita Singh - Appeals Court Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2017–present)
• Dean Tran - Massachusetts State Senator (2017–present)
• Keiko Orrall - Massachusetts State Representative (2011-2019)
• Donald Wong - Massachusetts State Representative (2011–present)

Minnesota[]

• Jennifer Carnahan - Chair of the Minnesota Republican Party (2017–present)
• Rachel Paulose - U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota (2006-2007)

Missouri[]

• - Missouri State Representative (2019–present)

Nebraska[]

• Tony Fulton - Nebraska State Representative (2007-2013) & Nebraska State Tax Commissioner (2016–present)
• Lormong Lo - Omaha City Councillor (1993-2001)

New Hampshire[]

• Saggy Tahir - New Hampshire State Representative (2001-2011)

New Jersey[]

• Philip Kwon - Deputy Counsel for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (2012-2018)
• David F. Bauman - New Jersey Superior Court Judge (2008-present)
• Kevin J. O'Toole - New Jersey State Senator (2002-2017)

New York[]

• Peter Koo - New York City Councillor (2010-2012) (Became a Democrat in 2012)

Ohio[]

• Niraj Antani - Ohio State Representative (2014–present)
• Cliff Rosenberger - Ohio State Representative (2011-2018)

Oklahoma[]

• Ervin Yen - Oklahoma State Senate (2014-2018)

Oregon[]

• John Lim - Oregon State Senator (1993-2001) & Oregon State Representative (2005-2009)

Pennsylvania[]

• David Oh - Philadelphia City Councillor (2012–present)
• Jeff Coleman - Pennsylvania State Representative (2001-2005)
• John Pippy - Pennsylvania State Representative (1997-2003) & Pennsylvania State Senator (2003-2012)

Rhode Island[]

• Allan Fung - Mayor of Cranston (2009–present); Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in 2014 and 2018.

Texas[]

• - Houston City Councillor (2015–present)
• - Houston City Councillor (2013-2015)
• Angie Chen Button - Texas State Representative (2009–present)
• Al Hoang - Houston City Councillor (2009-2013)
• M.J. Khan - Houston City Councillor (2003-2009)
• Martha Wong - Texas State Representative (2003-2007) & Houston City Councillor (1993-2003)
• Bala K. Srinivas - Mayor of Hollywood Park (1988-1994)

Utah[]

• Sophia M. DiCaro - Utah State Representative (2015-2017)
• Brian Shiozawa - Utah State Senator (2013-2017)
• Dean Sanpei - Utah State Representative (2010-2017)
• Curtis Oda - Utah State Representative (2005-2017)

Virginia[]

• Ron Villanueva - Virginia State Delegate (2010-2018)

Washington[]

• Conrad Lee - Mayor of Bellevue (2012-2018)
• Joey Gibson (political activist) - Candidate in the Republican primary for United States Senator for Washington state in 2018. He is of Irish and Japanese ancestry and founder of Patriot Prayer.

Washington, D.C.[]

• Viet D. Dinh - Assistant Attorney General of the United States (2001-2003)
• Jessie K. Liu - United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (2017–2020)

West Virginia[]

• Tom Takubo - West Virginia State Senator (2015-present)

Wyoming[]

• Nimi McConigley - Wyoming State Representative (1994-1996)

References[]

Further reading[]

• Wang, Anthony S. (1998). "Demystifying the Asian American Neo-Conservative: A Strange and New Political Animal". Asian American Law Journal. 5 (1): 213–246. doi:10.15779/Z38200Q.