The China Post
Date: August 27, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Tsai Ing-wen’s approval rating slid to 48.5 percent in a survey released
President Tsai Ing-wen addresses reporters at a tea gathering in Taipei on Aug. 20. As Tsai’s government approaches its 100th day in office, surveys released by think tanks and media outlets indicate that her popularity is on the decline. (Stephanie Chao, The China Post)
Friday, which showed even weaker public support for her premier.
Taiwan Think Tank’s survey showed 48.5 percent satisfaction with Tsai’s performance and a modest increase in dissatisfaction to 38.4 percent.
Compared with the preceding poll, dissatisfaction with Tsai had increased while satisfaction or neutrality had declined, said Chou Yung-hong, Taiwan Think Tank’s director of Public Opinion and Poll Center.
Taiwan Think Tank’s newest survey marked the first time that Premier Lin Chuan’s disapproval ratings (which rose 1.5 percentage points to 41.0 percent) outpaced his approval ratings (which fell 5.5 percentage points to 39.6 percent).
Poll respondents pointed to three major factors as the source of their growing dissatisfaction with Tsai’s administration: labor and holiday policy (42.1 percent), cross-strait policy (30.5 percent) and national pension reform (20.1 percent). [FULL STORY]
