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The Honorable xxx
Faxed/Emailed to: & Priority mailed December 1, 2003
Dear:
The strength of America lies partly in individuals such as you.
You know full well the punishing nature of a presidential campaign.
Nevertheless, you took it on. As a citizen, I wish to use this occasion
to pay my deepest respects.
That being said, I am writing on behalf of The 80-20 Initiative
(henceforth 80-20) to inquire about your views on Asian Pacific
American (APA) concerns. A questionnaire is enclosed. I hope you
will endorse our aspirations.
80-20 is a national political organization with an e-mail list
of 650,000 APA families & individuals. It is nonpartisan &
is dedicated to winning equal opportunity & justice for Asian
Pacific Americans through a SWING bloc vote.
A book by 3 Syracuse U. professors, entitled “Click on Democracy,”
rated 80-20 as one of nation's two most effective cyberspace political
orgs. in the 2000 election. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813340055/qid%3D1025198992/ref%3D%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/104-8613051-5694362
In the 2000 election, when we endorsed a presidential candidate
for the very first time, we delivered 66/32 to our endorsed candidate
nationally, and 70/28 in Calif. The above figures were reported
by a nationwide survey partially sponsored by the National Science
Foundation (NSF) http://www.80-20initiative.net/NAA_Political_Survey.pdf
. You may agree that a survey sponsored by the NSF is likely
to be the most accurate. 80-20 was the only organization explicitly
mentioned in the national survey. At that time, we only had 300,000
APA families and individuals on our email list.
In 2000, 7.4%. of the voters in California were APA. http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/voting/p20-542/tab04a.pdf.
In 2004, our % will easily top 8% in California, having 55 electoral
votes.
Before ending, let's cast aside political considerations. Helping
an immigrant underclass achieve equal opportunity in workplaces
is the right thing to do. You will just be honoring your pledge
of allegiance to the flag that ends with “ …
with liberty and justice for all.” That is what our
questionnaire is all about.
Sincerely,
S. B. Woo
President, The 80-20 Initiative, Lt. Governor of Delaware (1985-89)
Cc: Board of Directors
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