> Some tell WIRED the vitriol is making them feel duped by the president and fearful that the hateful rhetoric will become a mainstay for the party.

I'm sorry, but what? How could any of this be a surprise? Sometimes I don't understand people.

Everyone working in a technical field knows one of these people. I hope they get everything they deserve.

"Surely the leopard wont eat MY face"

It makes a lot of sense that Asians, including Indians, went for the GOP in larger numbers in 2024. I don’t think they were going for Trump specifically as much as looking for an alternative to progressive extremism. Look at the issues and positions pushed by the far left in America in the years leading up to Trump 2: soft on crime policies, years (decades?) of racial discrimination in college admissions, years of DEI-driven quota policies at tech companies (for hiring and promotions), increasing amounts of spending without results in cities/states, reducing quality in public schools, and so on. Is it any surprise that ethnic groups known for a focus on education, safety, and high incomes, soured on the Democrats’ platform?

That doesn’t make them gullible like the “leopard” comment suggests. They’re just caught between two sides that both have vocal minorities who hate them in different ways. And remember, in the entire campaign and early months of the administration, there was little visible racism / bigotry in the mainstream places.

I think the right-wingers that can’t stand them, the racists / far-right extremists, are small in number but very vocal and perhaps influential (just like the far-left). This is especially visible on Twitter, where it does feel like the algorithms amplify many of them. I find it strange that so many of them are visible in replies to Elon or others. But in recent months, especially with immigration becoming a central topic in politics, it really ramped up. And it’s unfortunate that intelligent and capable people like Vivek Ramaswamy have been the victim of that bigotry - I’d love to see what people like him can do in politics.

Regardless, I think the extremism and rampant corruption of the Trump administration alone will push these groups back to the Democrats, at least a little bit. The visible rise of racism against immigrants and Asians will make this swing back even bigger.