Political Center / Full Report
▲ The televised debate on the Taipei mayor election.
The televised debate on the Taipei mayor elections ended yesterday and the green, blue and white parties faced each other: according to the latest polls, Kuomintang candidate Jiang Wanan won 35% of the votes, a decrease of 2% compared to the previous period, and it was the candidate with the largest decline. Support from DPP candidate Chen Shizhong was 26% and support from non-party candidate Huang Shanshan was 20%, both slightly down 1%.
According to a “TVBS” poll, a telephone interview was conducted yesterday at 4 o’clock after the debate. The survey results showed that 39% of citizens watched or listened to the televised debate, while 61% did not. An estimated 810,000 Taipei City voters have tuned in.
The survey results show that Kuomintang Jiang Wanan support is 35%, down 2% from the October 30 survey results, DPP Chen Shizhong support is 26%, a slight decline of 1%, the gap between the two is 9% and the support of Huang Shanshan, who did not join the party, is 26% .20%, even a slight decline of 1%, moreover, the undecided are 18%, a slight increase of 4%.
Regarding the execution of the televised debate, 35% of the citizens thought that KMT Jiang Wanan had the best performance, 28% of the citizens thought that DPP Chen Shizhong had the best performance and 19% of the citizens thought it was Huang Shanshan, who did not join the party, plus 18% of voters thought it was difficult to judge.
The survey was conducted by the TVBS Public Opinion Survey Center from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm on November 5th. A total of 1,185 Taipei citizens over the age of 20 were contacted, 118 of whom were rejected, and the rejection rate was 10.0% Finally, 1067 valid samples were successfully interviewed. At the 95% confidence level, the sampling error was within ± 3.0 percentage points.
