The current Republican Party has its roots in John C. Calhoun's theory: he proposed America as a democracy of minority majorities; parties that put together small outlying groups of disparate votes could build a winning base. So today's GOP is a party of a majority-of-minorities (anti-women's rights/civil rights, anti-taxes and safety nets, evangelical, zealots, groups supporting white privilege and anarchists). It is effective in only two ways: its majority-of-minorities status works well within states, where the GOP is effective at organizing and good at outsourcing its fear and blame. It is effective at using fear and blame to conceal how its tax plans are a bonanza for the rich. It is a party of fragments, concentrically stitched.

Asians Are Voting Democratic In America

Today, 17.6 million Asians live in in America. Across national boundaries and language, collectively they vote Democratic and have won elections to offices in cities and state government and in the US Congress as Democrats. In the 2012 Presidential election, Asians voted Democratic 73 percent. In the Congress, the Asia Pacific House Caucus has 18 members (including non-Asian).

Ethnic groups, except Hispanics whose backgrounds often involve diverse ideological views, tend to support parties that reflect their world view and its obligations of self and family to government and society. The Asian vote reflects this organic tie, between past and future described in politics and family. Too much of the GOP rhetoric is uncomfortable when it comes to freedom and points backwards when it comes to progress. The Asian vote shows a silent disdain for the party's tone and direction. Both go against the very American Promise that brought Asians to America. The GOP has not partnered within or without with Asia, its international outreach only seems to attract a few opportunists.

Democrats to continue to attract Asian voters must listen closely and work to improve these ties!