Poll Finds Growing Disillusionment With Republicans Among AAPI Adults

Fort Smith Fayetteville Springdale Rogers, AR, October 18, 2026 —

A recent AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll finds growing disillusionment with Republicans and President Trump among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander adults, alongside a widening Democratic advantage on issues including the economy and healthcare.

The findings point to a shift in how adults in these communities view the parties’ handling of major policy concerns. The poll summary identifies the economy and healthcare as areas where Democrats have a greater advantage, but does not provide figures showing the size of that advantage or the share of respondents who hold particular views.

The summary also does not specify how disillusionment was measured, what earlier results were used for comparison, or the period over which attitudes changed. It provides no information about the poll’s field dates, sample size, methodology or margin of error. Those details are not available in the information provided, so the scale and timing of the reported changes cannot be assessed here.

The results concern Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander adults as a broad group. The summary does not break out findings by national origin, age, geography or other demographic characteristics, and it does not say whether views differed among those groups.

The poll’s reported direction of change is clear: respondents are described as increasingly disillusioned with Republicans and Trump, while Democrats have gained an advantage on the economy and healthcare. Without additional poll details, however, the summary does not establish how widespread those views are or what factors may have contributed to them.

Story summarized from the original created by TERRY TANG, NANCY JIANG and LINLEY SANDERS, Associated Press on www.nwahomepage.com, see more information here.

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