- Crowded race for the legislature could skew victory chances for independence-leaning DPP and mainland-friendly KMT
- Latest poll shows Tsai Ing-wen on course for a second presidential term, on the back of an anti-Beijing campaign
South China Morning Post
Date: 8 Dec, 2019
By: Lawrence Chung
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The latest polls show incumbent Tsai Ing-wen on course for victory in Taiwan’s presidential election next month. Photo: EPA-EFE
in January, conditions may be less favourable for her ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the race for the legislature, according to analysts.
The rise of a number of new political parties and the prospect of more than 1 million young people eligible to vote for the first time could dash hopes of a parliamentary majority for both the DPP and its main rival, the mainland-friendly Kuomintang (KMT), they said.
In a poll released by the TVBS television network on Tuesday, Tsai had 46 per cent of the vote, while KMT candidate Han Kuo-yu, the populist mayor of Kaohsiung who swept to power on an anti-DPP wave in last year’s mayoral elections, had 31 per cent. [FULL STORY]