Asian American Pacific Islanders Deliver Hillary's Super Tuesday Win
Elena Ong
February 07, 2008
Super Tuesday.
It was a big win for Hillary Clinton, and a big win for Asian American Pacific Islanders.
By Super Tuesday, more than 50% of Asian American Pacific Islanders in states across America (and Democrats abroad) had the opportunity to cast their vote for the next President of the United States.
Understanding the potential of the AAPI vote to elect Hillary Clinton the 44th President of the United States, AAPIs for Hillary organized the AAPI vote in Nevada, and AAPIs for Hillary set a goal of delivering four big Super Tuesday wins: for Hillary Clinton.
The result?
Hillary won Nevada, California, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts.
California was Super Tuesday's biggest prize.
In California, AAPIs, who are 8% of California's vote base, delivered 3:1. Three-quarters (75%) of AAPIs voted for Hillary, delivering Hillary's CA win.
People often ask, why did Hillary Clinton rise to become the #1 Choice of AAPIs?
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary has the respect of the AAPI community because she has a proven track record championing the issues AAPIs care about: quality education, the economy, job creation, universal health coverage/access, quality of life: housing/jobs/transportation/environmental balance, immigration policy, and constitutional rights (human rights, civil rights, voting rights, women's rights, etc.).
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary has the largest percentage of AAPIs on her political staff. Her top policy advisor is Neera Tanden, an attorney of Indian-American descent.
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary has the largest number of endorsements from nationally renown AAPI elected officials, including former Governor Gary Locke* (WA), Governor Tagiola Tulafono (America Samoa), US Senator Daniel Inouye (HI) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA).
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary stands head and shoulders above the rest with the endorsements from California's top AAPI electeds: Former Secretary of State March Fong Eu*, State Controller John Chiang, Board of Equalization Chair Judy Chu, Assembly member Mike Eng, Assembly member Warren Furutani, Assembly member Mary Hayashi, Assembly member Fiona Ma and Assembly member Alberto Torrico; City/County Officials Hon. Henry Chang (Oakland), Hon. Clara Chu (San Francisco), Hon. David Lau (Monterey Park), Hon. Otto Lee (Sunnyvale), Hon. Laura Lee (Cerritos), Hon. Evan Low (Campbell), Hon. Polly Low (Rosemead), Hon. Suja Lowenthal (Long Beach), Hon. Henry Manayan* (Milpitas), Hon. Madison Nguyen (San Jose), Hon. Jean Quan (Oakland), Hon. Phil Ting (Oakland), Hon. Kris Wang (Cupertino), Hon. Judy Wong (Temple City), and Hon. Anthony Wong (Monterey Park), and Education Leaders Hon. Edwin Chau (Montebello), Hon. Victor King (Glendale), Hon. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam (Garden Grove), Hon. Mark Pulido (Cerritos), Hon. Anna Song (Santa Clara), and Hon. Tony Vang (Fresno).
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary has the largest and most diverse national organization of Asian American Pacific Islanders for Hillary, which includes community leaders of Cambodian-American, Chinese-American, Filipino-American, Hmong-American, Indian-American, Japanese-American, Korean-American, Middle Eastern-American, Pacific Islander, Taiwanese-American, Thai-American and Vietnamese-American descent.
Hillary's Super Tuesday Victory in California is a tribute to the leadership of Irene Bueno, the National Consultant to AAPIs for Hillary, and the network of AAPIs for Hillary nationally, and in California, who worked together to deliver 75% of California's AAPI Vote for Hillary Clinton for President.
We couldn't have achieved Hillary's California win without AAPIs for Hillary Co-Chairs Raj Anand, Alice Bulos, Hon. John Chiang, Hon. Judy Chu, Hon. Mike Eng, Hon. Mary Hayashi, Hon. Otto Lee, Hon. Suja Lowenthal, Hon. Fiona Ma, Hon. Henry Manayan, Hon. Doris Matsui, Hon. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam, Elena Ong, Jim Park, Mona Pasquil, Dang Pham, Julie Soo, Trung Ta and Alicia Wang who wrote op-eds, were surrogate speakers, participated in debates, participated in Hillary Clinton for President rallies, conducted Merchant Walks, and participated in "VOICES ACROSS AMERICA: AAPIs for Hillary "In-Language" GOTV in AAPI communities across California in Cerritos, Chinatown, Historic Filipinotown, Fresno, Koreatown, Little Tokyo, Little Saigon, Milpitas, Monterey Park, Montebello, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Silicon Valley and Temple City. We couldn't have achieved Hillary's California win without AAPIs for Hillary Leaders and Super Volunteers Junelle Cavero, Trung Dang, Sandy Hoa Dang, Joann Fields, Jonathan Geaga, Joselyn Geaga Rosenthal, Sumi Haru, Emma Hilario, Melissa Hilario, E Huang, Mani Kang, Hon. Laura Lee, Guila Maramba, Ferial Masry, Greg Matsunami, Hon. Mark Pulido, Mony Sing, Hoa Tran, Ken Trumkul and P Wang.
As a result, AAPIs throughout America are celebrating Lunar New Year with Super Tuesday wins!
As one of the Southern California Co-Chairs of AAPIs for Hillary, and a Member of the Women for Hillary Leadership Council, I'm thrilled that 75% of AAPIs and 8% of California's electorate voted for Hillary. But I'm as thrilled that 72% of Latinas and 69% of Latinos (30% of California's electorate) voted for Hillary and 59% of Women (California's largest voting bloc - 55% of California's electorate), a large number of Native Americans, African-Americans, and LGBTs, joined forces, to give Hillary Clinton the votes she needed to win California by a 10 point landslide!
While we are buoyed with Super Tuesday's momentum and wins, our work is not done. We must continue to empower AAPI voters in the remaining states, and continue to build our base of support throughout California. After all, California's AAPIs account for nearly 40% of America's AAPI Vote. In 2004, two-thirds of California's 1.1 million AAPI voters voted for John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election, so it's important to focus on registering and empowering up to 2.5 million California AAPIs who will be eligible to vote for the next President of the United States in the General Election of November, 2008.
It was a big win for Hillary Clinton, and a big win for Asian American Pacific Islanders.
By Super Tuesday, more than 50% of Asian American Pacific Islanders in states across America (and Democrats abroad) had the opportunity to cast their vote for the next President of the United States.
Understanding the potential of the AAPI vote to elect Hillary Clinton the 44th President of the United States, AAPIs for Hillary organized the AAPI vote in Nevada, and AAPIs for Hillary set a goal of delivering four big Super Tuesday wins: for Hillary Clinton.
The result?
Hillary won Nevada, California, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts.
California was Super Tuesday's biggest prize.
In California, AAPIs, who are 8% of California's vote base, delivered 3:1. Three-quarters (75%) of AAPIs voted for Hillary, delivering Hillary's CA win.
People often ask, why did Hillary Clinton rise to become the #1 Choice of AAPIs?
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary has the respect of the AAPI community because she has a proven track record championing the issues AAPIs care about: quality education, the economy, job creation, universal health coverage/access, quality of life: housing/jobs/transportation/environmental balance, immigration policy, and constitutional rights (human rights, civil rights, voting rights, women's rights, etc.).
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary has the largest percentage of AAPIs on her political staff. Her top policy advisor is Neera Tanden, an attorney of Indian-American descent.
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary has the largest number of endorsements from nationally renown AAPI elected officials, including former Governor Gary Locke* (WA), Governor Tagiola Tulafono (America Samoa), US Senator Daniel Inouye (HI) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA).
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary stands head and shoulders above the rest with the endorsements from California's top AAPI electeds: Former Secretary of State March Fong Eu*, State Controller John Chiang, Board of Equalization Chair Judy Chu, Assembly member Mike Eng, Assembly member Warren Furutani, Assembly member Mary Hayashi, Assembly member Fiona Ma and Assembly member Alberto Torrico; City/County Officials Hon. Henry Chang (Oakland), Hon. Clara Chu (San Francisco), Hon. David Lau (Monterey Park), Hon. Otto Lee (Sunnyvale), Hon. Laura Lee (Cerritos), Hon. Evan Low (Campbell), Hon. Polly Low (Rosemead), Hon. Suja Lowenthal (Long Beach), Hon. Henry Manayan* (Milpitas), Hon. Madison Nguyen (San Jose), Hon. Jean Quan (Oakland), Hon. Phil Ting (Oakland), Hon. Kris Wang (Cupertino), Hon. Judy Wong (Temple City), and Hon. Anthony Wong (Monterey Park), and Education Leaders Hon. Edwin Chau (Montebello), Hon. Victor King (Glendale), Hon. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam (Garden Grove), Hon. Mark Pulido (Cerritos), Hon. Anna Song (Santa Clara), and Hon. Tony Vang (Fresno).
Of all the presidential candidates, Hillary has the largest and most diverse national organization of Asian American Pacific Islanders for Hillary, which includes community leaders of Cambodian-American, Chinese-American, Filipino-American, Hmong-American, Indian-American, Japanese-American, Korean-American, Middle Eastern-American, Pacific Islander, Taiwanese-American, Thai-American and Vietnamese-American descent.
Hillary's Super Tuesday Victory in California is a tribute to the leadership of Irene Bueno, the National Consultant to AAPIs for Hillary, and the network of AAPIs for Hillary nationally, and in California, who worked together to deliver 75% of California's AAPI Vote for Hillary Clinton for President.
We couldn't have achieved Hillary's California win without AAPIs for Hillary Co-Chairs Raj Anand, Alice Bulos, Hon. John Chiang, Hon. Judy Chu, Hon. Mike Eng, Hon. Mary Hayashi, Hon. Otto Lee, Hon. Suja Lowenthal, Hon. Fiona Ma, Hon. Henry Manayan, Hon. Doris Matsui, Hon. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam, Elena Ong, Jim Park, Mona Pasquil, Dang Pham, Julie Soo, Trung Ta and Alicia Wang who wrote op-eds, were surrogate speakers, participated in debates, participated in Hillary Clinton for President rallies, conducted Merchant Walks, and participated in "VOICES ACROSS AMERICA: AAPIs for Hillary "In-Language" GOTV in AAPI communities across California in Cerritos, Chinatown, Historic Filipinotown, Fresno, Koreatown, Little Tokyo, Little Saigon, Milpitas, Monterey Park, Montebello, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Silicon Valley and Temple City. We couldn't have achieved Hillary's California win without AAPIs for Hillary Leaders and Super Volunteers Junelle Cavero, Trung Dang, Sandy Hoa Dang, Joann Fields, Jonathan Geaga, Joselyn Geaga Rosenthal, Sumi Haru, Emma Hilario, Melissa Hilario, E Huang, Mani Kang, Hon. Laura Lee, Guila Maramba, Ferial Masry, Greg Matsunami, Hon. Mark Pulido, Mony Sing, Hoa Tran, Ken Trumkul and P Wang.
As a result, AAPIs throughout America are celebrating Lunar New Year with Super Tuesday wins!
As one of the Southern California Co-Chairs of AAPIs for Hillary, and a Member of the Women for Hillary Leadership Council, I'm thrilled that 75% of AAPIs and 8% of California's electorate voted for Hillary. But I'm as thrilled that 72% of Latinas and 69% of Latinos (30% of California's electorate) voted for Hillary and 59% of Women (California's largest voting bloc - 55% of California's electorate), a large number of Native Americans, African-Americans, and LGBTs, joined forces, to give Hillary Clinton the votes she needed to win California by a 10 point landslide!
While we are buoyed with Super Tuesday's momentum and wins, our work is not done. We must continue to empower AAPI voters in the remaining states, and continue to build our base of support throughout California. After all, California's AAPIs account for nearly 40% of America's AAPI Vote. In 2004, two-thirds of California's 1.1 million AAPI voters voted for John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election, so it's important to focus on registering and empowering up to 2.5 million California AAPIs who will be eligible to vote for the next President of the United States in the General Election of November, 2008.
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