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A new poll has found that AAPIs played a key role in catapulting Democrats to victory in the midterm elections.
 

The poll was conducted by the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund who looked at races such as Democratic incumbent Katie Porter and her Republican candidate Scott Baugh in California’s 47th Congressional district. Voting-age Asian Americans comprised 23% of the adult population in the district and leaned heavily for Porter 53% to 36%.
 

Additionally, it examined the race in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional district between Democratic incumbent Susie Lee and Republican challenger April Becker. Of the estimated 82,290 eligible voting Asian Americans in the district, 47% supported Lee over the 43% that favored Becker. 
 

The poll also found that Asian Americans had the second highest net support for Democrats on a national level with 51% leaning Democrat and 37% supporting Republicans. 

• Filipino Restaurant Estrellita in Atlanta has set up a GoFundMe amidst financial struggles. Qualifying Technicalities in the PPP relief programs and Resurgence Grant caused the restaurant to miss out on vital funding.

• Louisville’s AAPI Expo: The University of Louisville celebrated its inaugural AAPI Expo last Friday. It brought together varying AAPI student organizations and local restaurants. 

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• Asian a la aquarium: The Autumn Festival returns this weekend from Nov. 12 and 13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. The event will feature traditional dance performances, storytelling, craft demonstrations and more from the numerous cultures that celebrate the fall festivals.

• Bye, Bao: Bao Tong, a prominent voice for political reform in the Chinese Communist Party, has died at the age of 90. Tong became a top aide to former Communist Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang and was later purged following the 1989 Tiananmen Square shakedown. Tong lived the rest of his life in some kind of detention and was known for his published works about the behind-the-scenes of the Communist Party.   

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• The tiny town and big will: The town of ​​Thantlang in Myanmar has become a surprise resistance stronghold against the military.   

• Spider ensnares a star: “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” the Disney+ live-action series based on books of the same name, has added “The Baby-Sitters Club” star Momona Tamada to its cast.     

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• No sympathy, just excitement: The HBO and A24 drama adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Sympathizer” has found its five regular cast members, all of Vietnamese descent: Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le and Alan Trong.

• A new documentary film “Big Fight in Little Chinatown” has dropped its first trailer, showing how communities are fighting to save their Chinatowns from erasure. 
   
• Krispy Kreme in Japan has added a doughnut burger to its menu. 
   
• Actor Chloë Grace Moretz highlighted rice bran, a skincare product used by Japanese women for centuries in a new video for Vogue.  
   
• A zoo in China is combatting its financial woes through livestreams and animal adoptions. 
   
• Danushka Gunathilaka, a Sri Lankan World Cup cricket player, is now facing four charges of rape. 

NextShark and McDonald’s are proud to present the inaugural APA Next Education Summit with keynote speaker and actress Arden Cho!
 

This FREE event will be held at The Great Hall at Cooper Union in NYC on Saturday 11/12.
 

RSVP HERE to attend in-person or via livestream to talk finance, college tips, finding your passion, and navigating a balanced lifestyle as a student. See you there!