Originally posted by John Maple
Hawaii has the lowest voter turn out in the country. But AJAs have a very high voter participation rate.
Haoles can be split between Republican and Democrat.
Most Japanese are Democrat.
Native Hawaiians are some Democrat, some Republicans and some No vote.
Filipinos can swing anyway as long as they believe in the person. Ethnicity and party not as important as the person.
Chinese and Korean are too small to matter and also are not usually one dimensional homogeneous voters.
When you apply these factors, the AJA vote, because it is a bloc vote, has been and continues to be the 800 pound gorrilla. Only if most of the rest gangs up against them can you win a statewide race.
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