The three giants of the Democratic Progressive Party, Tsai Ing-wen, Lai Ching-te and Su Zhenchang, gathered at the Taichung City Party Celebration on the 24th, and tried hard to lift the mayor of the party to select Tsai Chi-chang. This is also the time when Tsai Ing-wen went to , Taichung to help in 4 degrees within a month, and the frequency was high to attract attention. The senior leaders of the Green Camp have devoted themselves to Taichung to assist in the election, which may be related to the urgent election situation of the "Six Capitals". Except for , Kaohsiung and Tainan are stable, Beibei Tao is not sure. Although the Kuomintang’s Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan is strong, Taichung has the characteristics of swing state , making it a "municipality directly under the central government" worthy of a try.
According to the Hong Kong CPPCC, the Central Party Department of the DPP will move this year's party celebration to Taichung City on the 24th, with the theme of "Democracy 36 Supporting the 18th Party Celebration Concert", including Tsai Ing-wen, Lai Ching-te, and Su Zhenchang, all attended to promote the election of the five counties and cities in Taiwan, including the DPP's Taichung Mayor candidate Tsai Chichang, Changhua County Mayor candidate Huang Xiufang, Nantou County Mayor candidate Tsai Peihui, Miaoli County Mayor candidate Xu Dingzhen, Yunlin County Mayor candidate Liu Jianguo.
It is worth noting that in the past month, including attending party celebrations, Tsai Ing-wen has stepped down from Taichung 4 times, and Lai Ching-te also visited Taichung twice within a week. The frequency is rare, and it has also caused widespread discussion in the local political arena.
After the Democratic Progressive Party announced the recruitment of Tsai Chi-chang to participate in the mayoral election of Taichung on April 24 this year, Lai Ching-te went to Taichung Veterans General Hospital for inspection on May 29, Tsai Ing-wen inspected the Taichung General Hospital of the Taiwan Army on June 25, Tsai Ing-wen went to Taichung to attend the Tsai Chi-chang New Book Conference on July 12, Tsai Ing-wen visited the Houli Branch of Fengyuan Hospital on July 18, Tsai Ing-wen attended the Friends of Taichung City on August 20, Tsai Ing-wen went to Cai Qichang to attend the certification ceremony on August 26, Tsai Ing-wen and Tsai Chi-chang jointly hosted the Fengyuan Moment Gala on September 16, Lai Ching-te went to Beitun District of Taichung to build a platform for Tsai Chi-chang on September 17, and on September 24, the Democratic Progressive Party celebrated the Tsai, Lai and Su together gathered in Taichung. Tsai Ing-wen visited Taichung 7 times, and Lai Ching-te went 3 times.
Tsai Ing-wen and Lai Ching-te frequently come to Taichung to help. Except for the fact that the blue camp elects Lu Xiuyan, Taichung City is also a "municipality" that is relatively expected to compete among the "Six Capitals" at the end of the year. Because the DPP's current election in the "Six Capitals" is relatively stable, except for Tainan and Kaohsiung.
, especially the "three capitals" in the north, , New Taipei City, , Taipei City, and Taoyuan City are even more difficult to conquer. , New Taipei City mayor Hou Youyi's election situation is stable, and the green camp is difficult to conquer; in terms of Taipei City's election situation, as the Tzu Chi Foundation has been recently exposed to the flanks of the green camp, the hatred value of candidate Chen Shizhong has risen, and the election situation is greatly affected; Taoyuan City was formerly , Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian withdrew from the election due to controversy over paper plagiarism, and after the election situation has also changed.
For Tsai Ing-wen, who is also the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, the end-of-year election is related to whether he is lame in the party. If the "Six Capitals" are left in the "Second Capitals" in the end, Tsai Ing-wen's prestige will inevitably be damaged, so she chose Taichung City to attack fiercely. In addition to frequenting Taichung to assist in elections, Tsai Ing-wen had previously publicly sarcasticated Lu Xiuyan, "Some people like to call themselves mayors, but they have no attention to the municipal government and spend most of their efforts on sending them to usher in." It has a strong meaning to deal with Lu Xiuyan.
It is reported that Lu Xiuyan won the championship in major polls many times. In the latest poll in September, she won a good record with a trust of 75.9%, which not only set a new personal record for the most recent record, but also increased by 4.9 percentage points from August. In terms of support, Lu also led the Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tsai Chichang with 59.4%.
analysis pointed out that the DPP locked in Taichung City. Although Lu Xiuyan had strong political strength, because Taichung had the characteristics of a swing state, since the county and city were merged and upgraded, no mayor was re-election successful so far. Former Kuomintang mayor Hu Zhiqiang fought for re-election in 2014 but was defeated by Democratic Progressive Party challenger Lin Jialong, winning 200,000 votes; in 2018, Lin Jialong also failed to re-election, and was defeated by Lu Xiuyan. In addition, Tsai Chi-chang has been working in Taichung for a long time, and his local popularity is no less than Lu Xiuyan. Tsai Ing-wen has strongly promoted the election and still has a chance to turn the tables. (Editor: Xue Yang)
