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Ruling Democratic Progressive Party Suffers Major Defeat in Taoyuan City Regional Legislator Election

The general election ended this month. As the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, the Taoyuan City regional legislators were completely wiped out. Summarizing the reasons for the defeat, grassroots members of the green camp mentioned that in this election, local youth groups failed to successfully win the support of young people; some local people believed that the administrative power of Taoyuan was not in the hands of the Democratic Progressive Party. Progressive Party legislators cared about and supervised the project, but when it was started and completed, the Kuomintang, which held executive power, arranged for the party’s candidates to attend; and the election enthusiasm did not heat up until two weeks before the election. Said it was very unfavorable.

Taoyuan City had Zheng Wencan as mayor in the past. Although blue has always been stronger than green, in the last election, 2 of the 6 legislators were won by the DPP, and 1 non-party member, Zhao Zhengyu, was an ally of the DPP. In recent years, the central government has increased its construction efforts, including MRT transportation, Longtan Science Park and other projects. It was thought that Green Camp could maintain a certain performance advantage and retain its seat. However, after the election, legislator Zheng Yunpeng, who had dominated for three consecutive years, and Huang Shijie, who challenged for re-election, both lost the election. Zhao Zhengyu, an ally of the Democratic Progressive Party without party membership, also lost the election. The three legislators who lost were all “unlucky losers” with a defeat margin of less than 5%.

According to “Xin Media”, grassroots people in the green camp analyzed that in the past, the DPP should have been stronger than the KMT in winning support from young people, and it also had deep connections with many local youth groups. However, in this election, But we failed to see local youth groups playing a role. The grassroots hope to establish a new contact window for young voters, and the Central Party Committee can review and improve this aspect; another local green camp person believes that the entire election has been tepid until the last two weeks before the election, and it only started to heat up. This is very disadvantageous for some constituencies that challenge the current legislators. It will make it difficult for the challengers’ ideas to be conveyed to the grassroots and be understood and recognized by more voters.

He pointed out that although the central government had made many construction plans for Taoyuan in the past under the DPP’s administration. However, the administrative power of Taoyuan is not in the hands of the Democratic Progressive Party. These projects were originally concerned and supervised by the Democratic Progressive Party representatives. However, when construction was started and completed, the Kuomintang, which held administrative power, arranged for candidates from the party to attend. The opponent’s The campaign itinerary is therefore “tailor-made”, which is equivalent to the chief executive giving the ball to the candidates, taking the construction results as the other party’s political achievements.

In addition, before the election, both the blue and white opposition parties fired fiercely at the New Wave, which gave New Wave’s former Taoyuan mayor and current Vice President of the Executive Yuan Zheng Wencan a negative image. As a result, he received negative news reports such as being entertained and drinking wine. Many comments pointed out the impact on the effectiveness of the auxiliary election and held Zheng Wencan responsible for the DPP’s defeat in Taoyuan. However, local people still cheered for Zheng Wencan, saying that throughout the election campaign, Zheng Wencan had been mobilizing people in Taoyuan to assist in the election of each constituency, and frequently came to the constituency to cheer. The local people still recognized and thanked Zheng Wencan for his efforts in assisting the election.

Recently, Green Camp has started a trend of entering the social platform “Threads”. Many politicians from the Democratic Progressive Party have opened accounts and posted short posts, showing a humorous attitude that is different from seriousness in public. A local person said that although the use of social platforms can reach more people, he is also worried about whether it will fall into a new stratosphere. He needs to re-evaluate and be more cautious. This is in line with Lai Qingde’s advocacy of using simple The goal of words conveying correct information is still a long way off.

He believes that using new social platforms as a channel to transmit correct information is the main goal, but new accounts still need to establish a personality when they are just starting out, and publish some light content to shape their image and attract young people who have not been exposed to them in the past. He suggested that it is better to move in this direction for now. It is recommended not to publish political information related to “Threads” too intensively. It is better to wait until there is a certain foundation and then publish it in a timely manner.

The general election ended this month. As the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, the Taoyuan City regional legislators were completely wiped out. To sum up the reasons for the defeat, according to “Xin Media”, grassroots people in the green camp mentioned that in this election, local youth groups failed to successfully win the support of young people; some local people believed that Taoyuan’s administrative power was not In the hands of the DPP, the project that the DPP legislators cared about and supervised was arranged by the Kuomintang, which holds executive power, to attend the project when it was started and completed. Moreover, the enthusiasm for the election did not heat up until two weeks before the election. It is very disadvantageous for the constituency that challenges the current legislator.

Taoyuan legislators were wiped out by the green camp, and the chief executive was singled out to help his opponents harvest political achievements.

2024-01-26 04:32:49
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