11/3/04 cnn.com
Of 13,660 respondents in exit polls, Asian Americans were 2% of the electorate. 
44% voted for Bush and 56% for Kerry.   Survey conducted for the Associated Press and television networks by Edison Media Research/Mitofsky International.  The margin of error is plus or minus 1 percentage point for overall sample, larger for subgroups.

5/9/02 Washington Times: "GOP finds party a tough sell to minorities,"
    Although Asians went by a 55-31 percent margin for the elder George Bush in 1992 and by 48-43 percent for Bob Dole over Bill Clinton in 1996, they reversed party allegiance in 2000, voting 54-41 percent for Mr. Gore over Mr. Bush.
    "Republicans are at their nadir with Asians," Gary South, chief strategist for Democratic Gov. Gray Davis of California, told The Washington Times.
    Asians are the second-fastest growing segment of the electorate after Hispanics. Yet, as Mr. South noted, "Democrats now have a 65-35 percent split with [Asian voters], not in registration but in voting behavior. In 1992, they were registered 4-1 Republican. Right now, that constituency is half Democrat and half Republican" in California.

"Gore Did Well Among API Voters in New York" Jan. 12-18, 2001 AsiaWeek.com
http://www.asianweek.com/2001_01_12/news6_gorewoninnewyork.html 
    Asian American voters in New York City chose Gore for president over Bush by a margin of 3 to 1, according to a survey of 5,000 voters conducted by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF).
    About 78% of the Asian Americans polled voted for Gore, while just 20% voted for Bush.  The numbers almost mirrored that of the general population of New Yorkers, where, according to other exit polls, Gore captured 77% and Bush pulled in 19%.
    The multi-lingual poll was conducted by AALDEF on election day at 14 different sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.  All of the sites were located in neighborhoods with high concentrations of Asian Americans.
    Among voters polled, 60% were registered Democrats, a 6% increase since the 1996 election.  The number of Republicans dropped by six points to 14%; those with no party affiliation remained steady at 24%.
    Chinese Americans made up 69% of the voters surveyed.  South Asian Americans accounted for 15%, Korean Americans 9%, and Filipino Americans 4%.  The remaining 3% included Thai, Burmese, Vietnamese, and Japanese American voters.

Asian-American voters in California voted for Gore over Bush 48% to 47%.  Asian- Americans were 6% of the California electorate in 2000, an increase from 4% from 1988 to 1996.  In 1988, "Asian/ other" voted for Dukakis over Bush, 52%  to 47%.  In 1992,   "Asian/Other" voted 39% for Clinton, 38% for Bush, and 23% for Perot.  In 1996, "Asian/ Other" voted 52% for Clinton, 43% for Dole,  4% for Perot and 1% other.  In 2000, "Asian/Other" voted 48% for Gore, 47% for Bush, and 4% for Nader.  11/14/00 San Francisco Chronicle: "68% of State's Latino Voters Back Gore: Democratic candidate also outpolled Republican Bush among women, blacks, Asians"     

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center conducted an exit poll of  5,000 voters -- 2,000 of them Asian Americans -- in heavily Asian neighborhoods in southern California.  The survey
showed Vice President Al Gore received 62.3% of the votes cast by Asian Americans, while Gov. George W. Bush garnered 34.7%.

The poll showed that almost 17% of Asian Republicans across 16 cities in Los Angeles and Orange counties crossed over to choose Gore -- a trend first noted in the March primary.

Statewide, the Los Angeles Times exit poll found that Asians voted for Gore in proportions similar to the Los Angeles survey by the legal center. The Times exit poll found that 63% of Asian voters supported Gore while 33% backed Bush. Latinos and blacks voted for Gore by even larger margins, with Latinos going for Gore over Bush, 75% to 23%, and blacks voting 85% to 14%.  Whites, who made up nearly three-fourths of the California electorate, favored Bush over Gore 49% to 47%, the Times exit poll found.

In the legal center's survey, Asian voters identifying themselves as Democrats increased about 12 percentage points -- from 36% in 1996 to 48.4% this year. At the same time, Asian voters labeling
themselves as Republicans decreased from 40% to 29.7%. The ranks of independents fell 24% in 1996 to 19.5% this year.

The legal center's study of Asian American voting patterns in the 16 cities was conducted in Chinese,
English, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese. It took in 57 precincts in Los Angeles, Alhambra, Artesia, Carson, Cerritos, Garden Grove, Gardena, Long Beach, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, Santa Ana, South Pasadena, Torrance and Westminster.

A separate exit poll was conducted in San Francisco, where more than a third of the population is Asian -- predominantly Chinese. Gore received 82% of the Chinese American votes to Bush's 16%, according an exit poll conducted by David Binder Research for
the Chinese American Voter Education Committee.
The Chinese vote for Gore surpassed the citywide 75%
margin for Gore.  There, 41% of the Chinese voters said they knew of the 80-20 Initiative, a new Asian American political action committee that endorsed Gore. The group urged Asian Americans to vote as a bloc for Gore.

In the survey of Los Angeles and Orange counties, 25% of Asian American voters said they were familiar with 80-20.  

Asian Americans compose about 6% of California voters.  

Above facts from "Asian Americans Lean to Democrats, Poll Says: A group that in the past has scattered its votes on many ballot lines voted heavily for Gore on Tuesday."  11/10/00 Los Angeles Times