Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/28
By: Yeh Su-ping, Huang Hui-min and Christie Chen

Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)

Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, front row, left)

Chairwoman and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) continues to hold a commanding lead over her opponents, in the countdown to Taiwan’s three-way presidential race on Jan. 16, according to the latest public opinion poll released Saturday.

The United Daily News poll showed 46 percent support for Tsai and her running mate Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁), 19 percent for the ruling Kuomintang’s (KMT’s) Eric Chu (朱立倫) and Wang Ju-hsuan (王如玄), and 9 percent for James Soong (宋楚瑜) of the People First Party (PFP) and his running mate Hsu Hsin-ying (徐欣瑩).     [FULL  STORY]