After the elections for the Legislative Yuan last December, a number of overseas Taiwanese groups (such as the World Federation of Taiwanese Associations, the Taiwan Association of University Professors, and the organization Friends of Peng Ming-min) got together and formed a North American support group to back Peng's presidential bid.
去年十二月立委選戰後，「彭明敏之友會」、世台會、台灣同鄉會、台灣教授協會、台美公民協會，就共同組成了「北美洲彭明敏總統支援會」。