bad joke. congratulations everybody on your re-election. part of the hmong wave it sounds like. in november, 2018 a record five, that s right, five is a record, state representative seats were won by the hmong candidates. i m at golden time coffee sitting down with the first ever hmong city council member and two newly elected reps. so i ve heard a lot about this clan system. is there a difference between clan politics and politics outside of the clan? your relationship with each clan is a little bit different and that prepares you well in the main stream politics because everybody is diverse. right? so if you want to do well in politics come learn the hmong clan system. the hmong approach to politics is informed bite clan system. hmong families are divided into 18 separate groups called clans.