Taoyuan’s mayoral election situation has presented a “four-legged governor” situation following Zheng Baoqing, a former legislator of the DPP, announced his candidacy. A new poll shows that 45.7% of the people are optimistic regarding the KMT candidate Zhang Shanzheng, 13.8% are optimistic regarding the DPP candidate Zheng Yunpeng, 12.0% are Zheng Baoqing, and 3.7% are the People’s Party candidate Lai Xiangling. If the tune accurately reflects the local people’s sentiments, the DPP’s rule in Taoyuan City may be terminated by the end of this year. However, a large number of netizens warned Zhang to be careful, because “the DPP is too good at elections”.
“Yahoo Qimo” has conducted an online poll on the Taoyuan election since August 29. As of 11:00 noon today (8), more than 65,100 people have participated in the survey. In the question “Who do you think will be elected mayor of Taoyuan?”, 45.7% of the people are optimistic regarding Zhang Shanzheng, 24.8% don’t know/have no opinion, 13.8% Zheng Yunpeng, 12.0% Zheng Baoqing, and 3.7% Lai Xiangling.
As for “Do you think Zheng Baoqing’s candidacy will have an impact on the ebb and flow of Taoyuan’s electoral forces?” 41.4% of those who think they will definitely do so, 19.1% don’t know/no opinion, 18.4% may, 14.1% don’t, and they definitely won’t 7.0%.
This result sparked heated discussions, and a large number of netizens poured into “Zhongshi News Network”, “yahoo! News” and Facebook related links to leave a message: “Although the DPP self-declared that the blue camp election is optimistic, I still want to advise Zhang Shanzheng not to take it lightly. “, “Don’t be careless, the DPP is too good at elections!” “Zhang Shanzheng must not continue to be a Buddhist, don’t forget that your opponent is the DPP”, “Be careful of the green camp dog jumping over the wall”.