In 2012, nearly three-quarters of Asian-American voters went for President Obama. But, rewind — 20 years prior — and you'll find fewer than a third voted Democrat.
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Asian American racial identity, is, of course, more fluid and less discrete than for some other groups. Many Asian Americans are constantly flirting with trying to downplay or discard racial identity altogether. But so far, I think it remains true that we are still not considered fully American unless we embrace a multiracial (rather than colorblind) vision of what it means to be American. And so we are constantly constructing race. Which, in the current highly racialized climate, includes political identity.