FADING GREEN? The ‘Global Views’ survey found that DPP local government heads appear to have become less popular than their KMT and independent counterparts
Taipei Times
Date: May 31, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Five of the 14 local government heads seeking re-election in November’s nine-in-one
Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung, center, poses for photographers at an event in Taichung yesterday. Photo: Chang Ching-ya, Taipei Times
elections do not have majority backing from their electorates, including independent Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) and Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), a survey released yesterday by the Chinese-language monthly Global Viewsshowed.
The poll did not include Tainan, as it is governed by Acting Tainan Mayor Lee Meng-yan (李孟諺) after former Tainan mayor William Lai (賴清德) became premier in September last year.
However, Presidential Office Secretary-General Chen Chu (陳菊) was included, as she did not leave her post as Kaohsiung mayor until after the poll was conducted from Feb. 23 to March 29. [FULL STORY]
