BRAIN TRUST POLL:Residents of the six special municipalities were asked about their mayors, those of the other cities and their favorite national leaders
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 21, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) has topped a list of the most satisfactory leaders of
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je yesterday answers reporters’ questions yesterday at a news conference held to mark his second anniversary in office. Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
the nation’s six special municipalities, while Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) came in last, but the physician-turned-politician’s approval rating still surpasses that of President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), a survey released yesterday by the Taiwan Brain Trust think tank showed.
The think tank commissioned Trend Survey and Research Co to conduct the survey to mark the second anniversary of the mayors’ inauguration on Dec. 25, 2014. The polling was conducted from Tuesday to Saturday last week.
It sought to gauge public perceptions of the mayors among the residents of the special municipalities they administer as well as several high-profile politicians from the pan-blue and pan-green camps. [FULL STORY]
