Changing of the Guard? The Emerging Immigrant Majority in Asian American Politics
Several statistical sources are used to examine the population dynamics & acculturation process of the newly-minted immigrant voting majority in the Asian American community. Increases in adult immigrants & in voter registration among immigrants have led to the immigrant majority. Among the Asian American population, immigrant Asians are less likely to be Democrats & more likely to have no preference than are US-born Asians. However, where held, party affiliation was weak in this group & not necessarily predictive of political orientation. Because Asian immigrants are not strongly aligned with the civil rights movement, they pose a threat to progressive activists within the Asian American group. Alternative political forces, eg, Republican loyalists, are arising, as illustrated by the San Francisco Neighborhood Assoc case. 6 Tables. M. Pflum