Tsai Ing-wen (Photo source: Taiwan TVBS News Network)
China Taiwan Net reported on August 16 that according to Taiwan's "United Daily News", the pro-green think tank "Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation" released the latest poll today (16th) showing that Tsai Ing-wen Support for English dropped 7 percentage points from last month. You Yinglong, chairman of the "Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation", said that when Pelosi "visited Taiwan" and the People's Liberation Army unprecedented large-scale military exercises, according to traditional experience, Tsai Ing-wen's reputation should skyrocket with the support of strong external forces. This is a very bizarre phenomenon, probably the first time in history. He pointed out that whether Tsai Ing-wen’s social support base has been seriously corroded deserves further examination. The
poll pointed out that 18.8% of the public strongly agreed with Tsai Ing-wen's governance style, 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 summary, a total of 46% basically agree with Tsai Ing-wen’s policies, and 41% disapprove. You Yinglong believes that although most Taiwanese people currently agree with Tsai Ing-wen's governance style, she does not have the approval of more than half of the people.
You Yinglong analyzed that Pelosi's "visit to Taiwan" and the People's Liberation Army's large-scale military exercises around Taiwan have been transformed into "consolidating the leadership center effect" as usual. With these two major factors in conflict, Tsai Ing-wen's reputation should skyrocket. In addition, the "Abe assassination effect" still lingers. Under the double or even triple strong external effects, Tsai Ing-wen's reputation has bucked the trend and plummeted by 7%. The only possibility is that internal factors trump external factors. One possibility is that the public is dissatisfied with Tsai Ing-wen. The other outstanding leadership performance is the "Lin Zhijian thesis case" that has been hotly debated for more than a month.
You Yinglong pointed out that in the past two months, Tsai Ing-wen has been on a roller coaster, with her reputation fluctuating greatly. Reputation was 47% in June, 53% in July, and 46% in August. This kind of experience is rare. He said that if the problem this time is internal, then the problem is definitely not simple and may be very difficult. Whether Tsai Ing-wen's social support base has been seriously corroded deserves further examination. (Editor/Li Ning Review/Qi Xiaojing)
