One of the things I find interesting about the election-time is how different people view what is important to them and, therefore, how that influences their voting choices. With my wife being a Vietnamese immigrant, I've had the opportunity to engage with hundreds of people who now live throughout the country. Now, not every Vietnamese-American votes the same, of course, but there are some very similar experiences and concerns.
1. People my wife's age suffered under communist rule, which caused them to flee their homeland as soon as they could. They had many family members and friends killed in the process. They don't trust government, for good reason. They want to be left alone to build their own lives. The next generation (American born) have adopted this independent mindset. Democrats are more the party of big government, which is far more intrusive than they'd prefer.
2. Whether Buddhist or Catholic, Vietnamese are from a traditional culture that is socially conservative. They generally don't care what you do but resent having leftist social issues forced upon them. Again, they want to be left alone. Democrats push a far-left social agenda and are often contemptuous or even hostile to one's cultural and religious beliefs.
3. At the local political level, Democrats tend to be hostile to educational merit and school choice. Asians overwhelmingly have education at the top of their list of what is important. It is the way to come to a new country and become successful. It is the path to achieve the American Dream. And all these people I talk to - my wife's friends and friends of friends and their families - are incredibly successful. There's no trick to it. Work hard. Study hard. Get rewarded on merit. Rewarding someone based on race or gender is offensive to those who believe in merit. It's bad enough to allow less qualified people to jump the line. The infuriating result is that some fully qualified people are passed over entirely. It's one of the many reasons why government sucks. It's also stupid-funny that government doesn't consider Asians to be minorities for DEI purposes because they are too successful.
4. As a result of being successful and prosperous citizens, Vietnamese-Americans make very good incomes. As follows, they are taxed at higher and higher levels and forced to subsidize people who don't work as hard. This is communist-light wealth redistribution, and it is not looked upon favorably at all. Democrats maintain that paying more and more is "paying your fair share."
Now, this appears to be the general default for my wife's community. It doesn't mean they are Republicans or that they voted for Trump. But I do know that they don't like a large part of the Democrat platform. In my conversations, I couldn't find any of the hundreds that said they would vote for Kamala.
Just grist for the mill.