With the "nine-in-one" election will vote in November, the three major camps of blue, green and white have accelerated the pace of election battles to win over more votes in the last limited time. According to Global Network citing reports from the island media, Lu Xiuyan and Hou Youyi, who are called the "strongest hen in the blue camp" by the Kuomintang chairman Zhu Lilun , will work together to help the election and build momentum for the candidates of their party on October 14. This time their targets are Taipei, Taoyuan, New Taipei , and Taichung.
According to the current "nine-in-one" poll on the island, Lu Xiuyan and Hou Youyi are basically sure to win. Compared with their opponents, the polls of the two are basically showing a crushing trend. Hou Youyi is seeking re-election as the mayor of New Taipei. Since he announced that he is seeking re-election, with his good urban governance achievements in New Taipei City in the past few years, Hou Youyi's election situation has been very stable, basically crushing his green camp opponent Lin Jialong.
, and Lin Jialong's performance is very interesting. Although the election is approaching, compared with the fierce elections in other parts of the island, Lin Jialong seems very calm and even absent-minded. Especially his recent election schedule, it cannot be compared with other candidates on the island in terms of quantity alone. Therefore, some media on the island said that he was "choose whatever he wanted". In fact, when the DPP discussed who would run for the mayor of New Taipei City in the past, and when challenging Hou Youyi, no one dared to accept it because they were afraid of becoming cannon fodder. In the end, Tsai Ing-wen came forward and searched for Lin Jialong three times, and finally convinced him to represent the DPP in the New Taipei mayoral election. It can be seen that when the DPP was discussing the primary election, the election results in New Taipei City seemed to be doomed.
It is worth noting that during the election process, Lin Jialong himself made frequent mistakes, which further widened the gap between him and Hou Youyi.
And the same is true for Lu Xiuyan's election in Taichung City. As early as March this year, the general consensus among the media on the island was that the Kuomintang had the advantage in Taichung and New Taipei City. Through the Taichung rule in the past few years, the satisfaction of Taichung people with Lu Xiuyan once reached 70%. Especially Taichung City's epidemic prevention policy is Lu Xiuyan's most significant political achievement in the administration of the government. A poll in July showed that Taichung City's epidemic prevention satisfaction reached 91.1%.
Moreover, Taichung City has traditionally been considered to be blue than green, and belongs to a basic foundation of the Kuomintang. So from March to the present, Lu Xiuyan's election situation in Taichung City has been very stable. And what about her green camp opponent Cai Qichang? In the past September, Tsai Ing-wen went to Taichung to select Tsai Chi-chang three times, and Lai Ching-te also went to Taichung to assist in the election many times, but Lu Xiuyan's performance was even more interesting. While Cai Qichang was looking for someone to select him, Lu Xiuyan had already gone to Tainan to select the candidates of the same party Xie Longjie . This is a sharp contrast and also highlights that Lu Xiuyan's election situation is indeed very optimistic.
Looking at the polls of the mayor of Taichung, Lu Xiuyan formed an advantage over Cai Qichang. The words used by the media on the island are "crush", "bump hard", and "sea release".
Judging from the current election situation of Hou Youyi and Lu Xiuyan, it is estimated that they should be able to win the election and win re-election in this "nine-in-one" election. No wonder Zhu Lilun would call them the two of them "the strongest hens of the Kuomintang."
Starting from October 14, Hou Youyi and Lu Xiuyan will start the election of Taipei and Taoyuan. From a theoretical analysis, Hou Youyi and Lu Xiuyan's election centers are in New Taipei and Taichung respectively. What role can their trip to Taipei and Taoyuan play? In fact, the political energy of Hou Youyi and Lu Xiuyan cannot be underestimated. Hou Youyi is known as the "King of Popularity in Taiwan". He has repeatedly surpassed the current deputy leader of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, in the ranking of "the most popular leader in Taiwan in 2024" and ranked first, which shows how popular he is on the island.
Although Lu Xiuyan has served as the mayor of Taichung for many years, she still maintains close ties with various circles in Taipei City. At present, the election situation in Taipei City has reached a stalemate. The polls of Jiang Wan'an, Huang Shanshan and Chen Shizhong are very close. Huang Shanshan has direct support from the People's Party where Ke Wenzhe is located and the Taipei City Government, and can surpass Jiang Wan'an at any time.Therefore, this time Hou Youyi and Lu Xiuyan took the opportunity to assist in the election, probably because of the stalemate election in Taipei City.