PAN-BLUE BLUES:The president garnered an approval rating of only 21.9%, while his party drew a dissatisfaction rating of 71.8%, a Taiwan Brain Trust poll showed
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 19, 2015
By: Lee Hsin-fang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) and Premier Mao Chih-kuo’s (毛治國) approval ratings
The Taiwan Brain Trust releases a poll at a press conference in Taipei yesterday showing that Premier Mao Chih-kuo’s approval rating continues to decline. Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
remained low at 21.9 percent and 19.3 percent respectively, according to the newest poll by the Taiwan Brain Trust think tank.
In direct correlation to their low popularity, dissatisfaction with Ma and Mao stood at 69.9 percent and 57.4 percent respectively, the survey released yesterday showed.
The widespread public dissatisfaction with the Ma administration was also reflected in their dissatisfaction with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), which stood at 71.8 percent.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) garnered a more favorable 42.3 percent satisfaction rating, but 45 percent also said they were dissatisfied with the party’s performance.
The poll found that 54.5 percent of respondents were confident about the DPP’s ability to maintain peaceful development of cross-strait relations should it win the presidential election next year, while 36 percent were unconvinced. [FULL STORY]
