I think it’s safe to say that the gunernatorial elections in Cali can be chalked to Schwarzenegger. Angelides is short on funds for the all crucial 8 weeks before elections for ad cycles, and the Governator has cloaked himself with a host of progressive leaning legislations that he’s signed into law, including photo ops with Hollywood luminaries for California’s divestiture from Sudan. And not to forget the major debacle at the Angelides camp with leaking Arnold’s private, but controversial conversations calling a Latina politican as having “that hot blood” to the press. Hey, at least I’m one of those who people who can say that my diploma was signed by none other than Ahnuld. Sigh….I hate this.

I know that I keep inundating Sepia Mutiny with various facts and data relating to the South Asian American community, but there’s a reason for this.

keep it coming brown!

Salil, please let us know the stats of how “successful” you are with these figures…

Taz – thanks for posting this!

I’m also very surprised at the high turnout rates. They seem very comparable regardless of whether a voter is foreign-born or native-born.

Good stuff, Taz. I think the SM community knows how much and how long you’ve labored over this thing. Kudos! I’ve saved a copy of it myself so I can totally become one of those obnoxious people who can quote figures and percentages whike pontificating in a bar. “Oh yeah? Well, actually, 42% of the Indian-descended voters carried curvy-handled umbrellas while chewing sugar-free gum. Ha!”