Popularity list headed by 3 DPP incumbents facing re-election next year
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/12/15
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taoyuan City’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) mayor,
Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsang (in white). (By Central News Agency)
Cheng Wen-tsang (鄭文燦), came out far ahead as the most popular leader of the country’s six special municipalities, a poll showed Friday.
Of the six mayors, the three DPP ones enjoyed the highest popularity ratings, while independents and the only opposition Kuomintang mayor fared poorly.
According to the survey by the Taiwan Brain Trust, Cheng, a former DPP spokesman, received an approval rating of 75.9 percent, ahead of veteran Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊), who scored 66.2 percent, the Central News Agency reported.
Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) came third with 56.1 percent, the poll found.
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