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.”
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIf 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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- 4:50Why Vietnamese Americans often go to the polls -- and don’t care much about immigration nowYou’re reading this
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The full episode
2 of 5The power of the Vietnamese American vote in Orange County- 0:00Fact-checking Trump’s recent claims about California
- 4:50Why Vietnamese Americans often go to the polls -- and don’t care much about immigration nowYou’re reading this
- 13:23‘Sexorcism:’ a sex addict, a priest, and an exorcism
- 25:25Being a voice for her people takes a toll on Nadia Murad
- 37:41Purple sea urchins are wiping out seaweed