A new poll released on Wednesday conducted by the National AAPI Power Fund shows most potential 2024 voters in battleground states believe that politicians’ use of anti-China rhetoric was responsible for the previous spike in violence toward Asian Americans.
“Voters are seeing through the scapegoating by politicians,” said EunSook Lee, director of the organization. “The work of communities around the country has been significant enough that there’s a recognition that there have been cases of violence against Asian Americans. We need to see a decrease in inflammatory rhetoric.”