KMT nomination of pro-Chinese general for Legislative Yuan was second most important factor

 Taiwan News
Date: 2020/01/16
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer\

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The months of protests in Hong Kong against the extradition bill and against China were the main influence on Taiwan’s Jan. 11 presidential and legislative elections, a poll revealed Thursday (Jan. 16).

The second most crucial factor in deciding the outcome was the opposition Kuomintang’s (KMT) nomination of retired Lieutenant General Wu Sz-huai (吳斯懷) on its list of at-large legislative candidates, CNA reported.

A total of 26.7 percent of eligible voters changed their mind about the presidential candidate they were planning to vote for due to the protests in Hong Kong, according to the poll conducted on behalf of the Taipei City Hsin Min Cross-Strait Research Association (台北市信民兩岸研究協會).

The survey found that the events across the Taiwan Strait had affected the choice of 32.1 percent of “pan-green” voters, 15.6 percent of “pan-blue” voters, and 26.9 percent of independent voters, according to the CNA report.    [FULL  STORY]