According to Taiwanese media reports, there are 71 days left in Taiwan's "nine-in-one" election at the end of 2022. The Greater Taichung Municipal Development Association announced the 2022 Taichung City election poll. According to the polls, the mayor of Taichung , who is striving for re-election, Lu Xiuyan, leads 21.9% of the Democratic Progressive Party candidate Cai Qichang with 51.5%, and the gap in support of Lu Cai is nearly 30 percentage points. A poll against Taichung City Councillors also showed that the support for blue councillor candidates was 26.2%, while the support for green councillors was 19.4%, but 32.2% of the people have not yet decided who to support the councillors.
Lu Xiuyan Cai Qichang Photo source Taiwan media
Pan Zhaomin, professor at Tokai University in Taiwan and CEO of the Greater Taichung Municipal Development Association, said that in the face of more than two months left in the voting day of the 2022 election, in order to understand the direction of public opinion, a polling agency was specially commissioned to conduct a poll on the 2022 Taichung City election. The survey found that Lu Xiuyan's trust and satisfaction were 71.7% and 72.5%, while Cai Qichang's trust was 35.4%, and his satisfaction with the matter was 43%.
Pan Zhaomin mentioned that in the 2022 Taichung Mayoral Election poll, Lu Xiuyan's support rate was 51.5%, Cai Qichang's support rate was 21.9%, and Lu Cai's support rate was nearly 30 percentage points. Among them, Pan Blue will be overwhelmingly voted for Lu Xiuyan, and only 1.8% will be voted for Cai Qichang. Pan-green invested 62.2% to Cai Qichang, and 25.3% to Lu Xiuyan. This poll also predicted the Taichung City Council Member Election, with the support of the candidates of Kuomintang members at 26.2%, while the support of the DPP members at 19.4%, and 32.2% of the people still have not decided on the candidates for members to support them.
Former Taichung City Councilman Wang Qiudong interpreted that in the last 2018 Taichung Mayoral Election, Lu Xiuyan led Lin Jialong with more than 200,000 votes, with a vote rate of about 15%. This time, the current poll forecast mayor Lu is leading Cai Qichang by about 30 percentage points, which is even bigger than the last time. He believes that the DPP authorities are not in good condition and the vaccine problem continues to ferment, which impacts Cai Qichang's support.
Wang Qiudong also mentioned that Cai Qichang is the current vice president of the Legislative Yuan, but the large-scale construction of the Taichung Sea Line promised by the DPP authorities in recent years has not been implemented, which will make the villagers feel that since Cai Qichang is from the DPP, the promise of the DPP authorities has been delayed and will be reflected in the support level. In addition, on the issue of air pollution that Taichung villagers care about very much, compared with Lu Xiuyan's city government actively rectifying medium-fire pollution, Cai Qichang has repeatedly stood opposite, which will also make the public question.
Former Taichung County Councillor Liu Kunqin mentioned that Lu Xiuyan's polls were very high, with an average of around 50%, and a few less than 50% were in the two districts of the Hai Line, Nantun, and Central and Western Districts. This is also a relatively strong part of the DPP. He believes that the DPP now has the advantage of the Taiwan authorities in "ruling", and Mayor Lu Xiuyan should strive to connect with Changhua and Nantou, because from the historical perspective, Zhongchangtou is a common circle of life. If Lu Xiuyan can play the role of cross-county and city development, the people will have higher expectations.
Faced with the poll results, the Taichung Municipal Government responded that "not commenting more"; Cai Qichang's camp is very sad, and every time a major problem broke out in Taichung, a poll would be issued. Citizens are already tired of this rough method.
