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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Why Vietnamese Americans often go to the polls -- and don’t care much about immigration now

    If you’re in the Orange County cities of Westminster, Garden Grove, and Fountain Valley -- which make up Little Saigon -- you’ll see lots of political posters with the same last name on them: “Nguyen.”

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 24, 2018 • 1 min read

    If you’re in the Orange County cities of Westminster, Garden Grove, and Fountain Valley -- which make up Little Saigon -- you’ll see lots of political posters with the same last name on them: “Nguyen.” Thirteen people with that last name are running for office in Orange County. We talk to one political watcher about whether that’s causing confusion; how more Vietnamese Americans in Orange County are shifting from Republican to Democrat; and how they feel about President Trump.

    Phu Do Nguyen, co-founder of Saigon Broadcasting Television Network.

    Photo courtesy of Phu Do Nguyen.

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