According to Taiwanese media reports, the registration of the election in Taiwan has been completed by the end of the year. Due to the epidemic and the prosperity, many candidates lamented that fundraising has become difficult. In order to save funds, the campaign headquarters was not established until October. Although Tainan is a green camp, DPP MPs do not hide the fact that "the election situation is colder and donations are even colder"; KMT MP Lin Yan is only 3 small donations accounts in a month, lamenting that it is much different from previous years; the small party relies on small donations, and "The Power of the Times" MP Lin Yiying said that the donations have to be reduced and the fundraising dinner was also cancelled due to the epidemic, so we can only find another way.
Korean Party MP Lin Yanzhu
DPP MP Lu Weiyin said that supporters of fixed donations have disappeared, or donations are cut in half. In previous years, many candidates established campaign headquarters in early September, and most of them have been postponed this year. He is also the campaign spokesperson for Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe. It is not concealed that Huang Weizhe and KMT mayor candidates Xie Longjie will not establish campaign headquarters until October, because "it will cost money as soon as it opens."
"This year's election situation is very cold," Lu Weiyin said that without the atmosphere of election, the enthusiasm for support cannot be stimulated. In the past two years, the overall income of the epidemic has decreased, and donations will become smaller.
DPP MP Cai Xiaowei also said that when visiting supporters, she did not dare to raise funds, "If you don't have money, you can only win votes."
Blue Camp felt even deeper. Lin Yanzhu set up a small donation account to donate only 3 donations per month, which is very different from at least nearly 100 previous years.
After Xie Longjie announced his candidacy, he set up a donation account to collect "grain and grass". He also welcomed supporters from all over Taiwan to "Donate" (sponsored). He believed that the fundraising situation was OK, and hoped that donations would increase as the election situation heated up.
DPP Chiayi mayor candidate Li Junqi said that he set up a special account for political donation on the 29th of last month. Although some donations have been made one after another, he felt that the donation speed was slower than before. The election atmosphere may not be hot yet. I hope that the election situation will heat up and donations will pour in, so that there will be resources to do more.
Lin Huangting, the candidate for the mayor of Shuishang Township, Chiayi County, believes that it is difficult to raise funds in constituencies with stable election conditions, and supporters will donate enthusiastically.
Yunlin County has re-elected congressmen for several terms said that this small donation was 20% or 30% less than the previous term; some township mayor candidates said that the election costs a lot in all aspects, including campaign headquarters rent, advertising boards, publicity cars and propaganda products, etc. The epidemic has really had a bad impact on the election situation. First-time candidates are more difficult to raise funds and the burden is heavier. (Editor: Fang Yanyan)
