The Republican Party is struggling to win over Asian American voters — including Vietnamese Americans, who were once one of its most reliable constituencies.
Customers shop in preparation for the coming Vietnamese new years at the Asian Garden Mall in Westminster, Calif. | Richard Vogel/AP PhotoWESTMINSTER, Calif. — Here in the heart of Orange County’s Little Saigon, home to the largest number of Vietnamese Americans outside of Vietnam, the GOP is quietly conducting an experiment that will go a long way toward determining the future of the party.
. Trump ran ahead of that pace in 2020 but still lost by a landslide margin — 61 percent to 34 percent, according to exit polls. In California, the result was even worse: Joe Biden won 3 out of every 4 Asian voters. Amid walls lined with images from the neighborhood — like the iconic Asian Garden Mall and its ornate welcome arches — and headshots of RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel and newly elected Korean American Reps. Young Kim and Michelle Steele, organizers coached the participants on best practices.
“The Democratic Party that I've seen throughout the years is, they know this is not a place for them to even bother. But they still make the effort, they still go out there,” she said. "[Democrats are] that friendly face that's always out there and always shown that, ‘Hey, we're here for you to talk about issues.’ [Voters] don't get to hear what the Republican Party stands for, or be reminded what we stand for. So that's why people are moving away.
Vietnamese American voters are still one of the only ethnicities within the Asian American community to have a. But it may not remain that way for long: Republican registration numbers for Vietnamese Americans in Orange County have slowly been dwindling since the 1990s.
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