‘INTERNET WATER ARMIES’: KMT politicians tend to hire professionals to manage their Facebook pages, while the DPP tends to rely on internal teams, a consultancy owner said
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 18, 2017
By: Yang Chun-hui and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writer
In addition to visiting electoral districts and expanding their local influence, people hoping to run in next year’s local elections have been placing an emphasis on digital strategies to engage with younger voters.
The nine-in-one elections are to take place either on Nov. 24 or Dec. 1 next year, pending a final decision by the Central Election Commission.
More young people are using Facebook as their main communication platform and consider Professional Technology Temple (PTT) — the nation’s largest online academic bulletin board — an important channel for news and political discussions, and politicians are giving more consideration to their Facebook pages, and online trends and discussions.
Politicians such as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wu Ping-jui (吳秉叡), who is seeking party nomination to run for New Taipei City mayor, and Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯), spokeswoman of former president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) office who is seeking nomination from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to run for Taipei city councilor, have posted videos and photos, and engaged with voters through live streams on Facebook.
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