CAPAC Survey: Most Japanese Americans View President ‘Unfavorably’
In an Oct. 27 statement, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus said 69 percent of surveyed Japanese American voters viewed President Donald Trump unfavorably, adding that “Japanese Americans are still waiting for him to deliver on his promises of lower costs and greater economic opportunities.” The results were from a recent poll conducted of likely Asian American Pacific Islander voters in advance of the
Nov. 3 elections. According to CAPAC, the top five most important issues for Japanese Americans were the economy (89 percent), the cost of living (82 percent), health care (68 percent), foreign policy (58 percent) and election fairness (57 percent). CAPAC also found “66 percent of Japanese Americans are not confident that the federal government will act in the best interest of the public’s health, and 72 percent of Japanese Americans think the government is spending too little on health care.” CAPAC also criticized the president with regard to Executive Order 14253, aka “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” noting the “administration posted signs at the Manzanar and Minidoka National Historic Sites where Japanese Americans were unjustly incarcerated during World War II, encouraging guests to report any information considered critical of American history.”
Duly Noted: Sean Metzger Is New UCLA Asian American Studies Dept. Chair
The 2026 Guggenheim Fellow, 2026 Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard fellowship recipient and since 2012, professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, received the new title in late September. ¶ The government of Japan on Oct. 23 presented its Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays, to Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki.
— P.C. Staff
