GENERATIONAL SHIFT:People aged 65 or above have become Tsai’s most ardent supporters, replacing young voters, as her economic and cross-strait policies falter
Taipei Times
Date: May 23, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) scored an average of 52.41 points out of a possible
From left to right, National Sun Yat-sen University professor Liao Ta-chi, Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation chairman You Ying-lung and former Tainan County commissioner Su Huan-chih hold a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
100 in a poll gauging her performance over the past year, with respondents expressing the highest levels of dissatisfaction with her economic performance, her handling of cross-strait affairs and Premier Lin Chuan’s (林全) Cabinet.
The poll released yesterday by the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation following Tsai’s first year in office assessed the public’s view on the president and her major policies.
Respondents were asked to grade Tsai’s first-year performance with a mark between zero and 100, with 60 being the passing score. [FULL STORY]
