Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/29
By: Claudia Liu and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) Public satisfaction with the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has fallen considerably since she assumed office on May 20, indicating that her honeymoon period is coming to an end, a pollster said Monday.

The satisfaction rate for the Tsai government has fallen by 17.6 percentage points to 52.3 percent in August from 69.9 percent three months ago, according to the results of a survey released Monday.

You Ying-lung (游盈隆), chairman of the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation that conducted the survey, said Tsai’s approval rating fell to 55.9 percent in the second month after her inauguration, and further dropped to 52.3 percent in the third month.

The percentage of those not satisfied with Tsai’s performance has increased by 24.4 percentage points to 33.2 percent since May, You said at a press conference held to present the survey’s results.     [FULL  STORY]