Ted Lieu urges APIs to vote against Prop. 8

Torrance Assemblyman Ted Lieu spoke the other day in Little Tokyo against Proposition 8, which would ban gay marriage.

Interestingly, the latest Field Poll on the subject shows that Asians and Pacific Islanders are less likely to support Prop. 8 than the population as a whole. APIs are 41 percent in favor and 51 percent opposed, compared to 44-49 among Californians as a whole. So Lieu is pushing on an open door to an extent.

The racial/ethnic subgroup that is most supportive of Prop. 8 is African-Americans, at 49 percent in favor and 43 percent opposed.