Democrats’ fate lies in the nation’s political battlefield: Orange County

Democrats’ fate lies in the nation’s political battlefield: Orange County
- May 1, 2022
- Long Bui, global and international studies, MSN [San Francisco Chronicle), May 1, 2022
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Long Bui, [an associate] professor of global and international studies at UC Irvine, said Vietnamese American businesses and voters “will be key to determining who wins this race.” Their voting patterns, however, aren’t predictable. Bui … said there’s “a tendency” to think that older Vietnamese … vote more conservatively than the younger generation. Instead, Bui said, “the community often considers personalities and who runs the most savvy, impactful campaign. Issues and charisma matter as much or sometimes more than party affiliation.”
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