Most of the Iranians in the US fled here when the Shah was overthrown in 1979. They hate the mullahs, Jimmy Carter and by extension the Democratic Party. They blame Carter for being complicit in the Shah's overthrow. Iranian-Americans as a group vote overwhelmingly Republican.
Originally Posted by lustylad
What does the way they vote have to do with anything? He never even mentioned their political affiliation.
I call bullshit on your sweeping proclamation about which way they vote. I'm sure now you'll want to debate what overwhelming means.
""It seems that the second-generation Iranians, who make up about half of the Iranian-American community,
will vote for Obama because of job security and also because he didn't pursue a war policy," Ansari says. "The second-generation Iranian-Americans are in favor of creative diplomacy."
http://www.theatlantic.com/internati...k-like/264455/