According to Taiwanese media reports, the "Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation" released the latest poll today. In terms of the reputation of Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen, 46% approve of the way Tsai Ing-wen handles major events in Taiwan, while 40% disapprove; those who approve are more likely to disapprove. The number of respondents increased by 5 percentage points, a drop of 7 percentage points compared with last month, and 43% had no confidence in the ability of Taiwan’s security team led by Tsai Ing-wen. You Yinglong, chairman of the "Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation", believes that the only possibility is that internal factors outweigh external factors. The two factors that have recently caused Tsai Ing-wen's reputation to plummet are that Taiwanese people are dissatisfied with Tsai Ing-wen's leadership performance in Taiwan's security, and there is a lot of noise. "Lin Zhijian's Thesis Case" of the month.
The poll asked, do you agree or disagree with Tsai Ing-wen’s way of handling major events in Taiwan? The results showed that 18.8% strongly agreed, 26.9% moderately agreed, 19.6% did not agree at all, 21.1% did not agree at all, and 13.5% had no opinion, did not know, or refused to answer. In other words, 46% agree and 40% disagree; those who agree are 5 percentage points more likely than those who disagree. You Yinglong believes that although most Taiwanese people currently agree with Tsai Ing-wen's way of leading Taiwan, they do not have the approval of more than half of the people.
Compared with last month, Tsai Ing-wen’s reputation has experienced major fluctuations. The “approval rate of Taiwan leaders’ job performance” dropped 7 percentage points to 45.7%, while the “disapproval rate of Taiwan leaders’ job performance” was 40.7%. , a surge of 5.6 percentage points. Over time, there are only 5 percentage points more people who approve of her handling of Taiwan's major affairs than those who disapprove. Compared with 17.9 percentage points last month, this is a big change.
As for the poll question, based on Tsai Ing-wen’s response to this PLA military exercise, do you have confidence in the ability of the Taiwan security team she leads? 20.8% are very confident, 25.1% are somewhat confident, 15.3% are not very confident, 27.8% are not confident at all, 6.1% have no opinion, and 4.9% do not know and refuse to answer. It shows that 46% are confident and 43% are not.
He believes that Taiwanese people obviously have different opinions on the capabilities of Tsai Ing-wen's Taiwan security team. Only half of them have confidence in the capabilities of Taiwan's security team, implying that Taiwanese people have a serious lack of confidence in the Taiwan security team led by Tsai Ing-wen. This may be related to Tsai Ing-wen's political style. When China launched an unprecedented large-scale military exercise, she did not convene a Taiwan security meeting to develop a contingency plan, did not deliver a speech to the entire Taiwanese people, acted extremely low-key, and went about her daily schedule as if nothing had happened. .
He said that this kind of behavior is regarded by supporters as rational, calm and calm, but in the eyes of non-supporters, it is insensitive and helpless, and it is impossible to cope with changes by remaining unchanged.
You Yinglong said that when Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Pelosi came to Taiwan and there were unprecedented large-scale military exercises in mainland China, traditional experience showed that Tsai Ing-wen’s reputation should soar with the support of strong external forces. Why did Tsai Ing-wen’s reputation plummet instead? This is a very bizarre phenomenon, and probably the first time in history. Strictly speaking, the only recent dissatisfaction with Tsai Ing-wen’s leadership performance in Taiwan’s security field and the “Lin Zhijian thesis case” has been dissatisfied.
He said that Tsai Ing-wen’s popularity was 47% in June, 53% in July, and 46% in August. This kind of experience is rare. If the problem is internal this time, then the problem is certainly not simple, and may be very difficult. It is worth observing whether Tsai Ing-wen’s social support base has been seriously corroded. (Editor: Fang Yanyan)
Source: Straits Herald
