Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/28
By: Tsai Chia-ling and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Feb. 28 (CNA) A survey of eligible voters in Taipei City found that incumbent

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲)/CNA file photo

Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) enjoys a lead over all the candidates who have so far thrown their hat in the mayoral race ring regardless of whether the ruling Democratic Progressive Party chooses to back him or not.

The Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation revealed the results of its survey Saturday which found that 54.6 percent of respondents were satisfied with Ko’s performance as mayor while 39.4 percent were not.

With a majority of voters in the city approving of his performance, Ko is heading into this year’s November mayoral election as the front runner, with the survey showing that in a race against the Kuomintang’s Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) and the DPP’s Pasuya Yao (姚文智), Ko would receive 47.6 percent support, followed by Ting with 25.2 percent and Yao at 15.6 percent.    [FULL  STORY]