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The Chinatown area of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, was long a Democratic stronghold. The party’s candidates would often receive more than 70 percent of the vote there. Last year, however, the neighborhood underwent a political transformation.



In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott, the Republican incumbent, beat Beto O’Rourke among Asian voters, <a href="/">52 percent to 46 percent</a>, and Texas House Republicans also did well, according to polls by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. In statewide races in Florida and Georgia, the Republican candidates received at least one-third of the vote, substantially more than in previous elections. The Times has just published <a href="/">a series of maps and charts</a> focusing on New York City neighborhoods where most eligible voters are of Asian descent, including Sunset Park, Flushing and Manhattan’s Chinatown. Jason told me that he had started thinking about this subject after his father, who rarely talks about politics, said that he had voted for Zeldin. Later, Jason saw a post-election map of New York and was shocked to see that some of the Chinatown neighborhoods where he grew up were colored red.



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="373" src="https://sa1dev.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-22215" srcset="https://refactatla2dev.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-3.jpg 700w, https://refactatla2dev.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-3-300x160.jpg 300w, https://refactatla2dev.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-3-180x180.jpg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rep. Greg Steuerwald, R-Avon (Credit: Rep. Greg Steuerwald)</figcaption></figure>



In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott, the Republican incumbent, beat Beto O’Rourke among Asian voters, 52 percent to 46 percent, and Texas House Republicans also did well, according to polls by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. In statewide races in Florida and Georgia, the Republican candidates received at least one-third of the vote, substantially more than in previous elections. The Times has just published a series of maps and charts focusing on New York City neighborhoods where most eligible voters are of Asian descent, including Sunset Park, Flushing and Manhattan’s Chinatown. Jason told me that he had started thinking about this subject after his father, who rarely talks about politics, said that he had voted for Zeldin. Later, Jason saw a post-election map of New York and was shocked to see that some of the Chinatown neighborhoods where he grew up were colored red.

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