According to the Hong Kong China News Agency, the "nine-in-one" election in Taiwan has entered the final sprint. The victory and defeat of the mayor of Taoyuan is regarded as the "life and death battle" of the Kuomintang, which is more important to the defense battle of the chairman of Zhu Lilun and even further strive for the turning point of the 2024 "general election". From the fact that the Kuomintang’s large-scale joint momentum was held mainly in Taoyuan, and the arrangement of the big names in the blue camp to go to the auxiliary candidates Zhang Shanzheng , it can be seen that the Kuomintang is under pressure to lose in Taoyuan in this game.
But looking at the situation, we must integrate, consolidate and urge all the basic foundations of the Kuomintang in Taoyuan. The former Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu may be the key figure. When will Han Kuo-yu go to Taoyuan to help Zhang Shanzheng, the former deputy of the "general election", and even have more active auxiliary election actions than the platform, it is probably the major factor in determining whether the Kuomintang can get back to the "rule" of Taoyuan mayor.
Han-yu's 2020 "general election" and Zhang Shanzheng ran together, and his votes in Taoyuan City were 529,749, with a vote rate of 40.4037%. Compared with the 2018 county and city mayoral election, the number of votes of the Kuomintang Taoyuan mayoral candidate Chen Xuesheng increased a lot.
The DPP mayor candidate Zheng Wencan, who won in 2018, received 552,330 votes, but Zheng Wencan is no longer a candidate this time. The DPP was played by "legislator" Zheng Yunpeng. It is generally believed that Zheng Yunpeng's strength in Taoyuan is not as strong as Zheng Wencan. One goes up and one goes down, in other words, if Zhang Shanzheng brings back more than 520,000 votes from the 2020 "general election", he will have a chance to win.
So, even if the time and space environment of Taoyuan has changed, how to re-enabling these Taoyuan voters who have voted for Han Kuo-yu and Zhang Shanzheng, the motivation to vote for Zhang Shanzheng again this time seems to be the key to the election.
In fact, from the perspective of the blue camp, the Taoyuan mayoral election was regarded as an area with great chance to win. Even though Zhang Shanzheng's nomination had storms, the green camp had major controversies such as Lin Zhijian's paper plagiarism and replacement of Jian, but Zhang Shanzheng's leading advantage in election qualities was never able to be opened. Later, due to the improper handling of the crisis in Acer's "Committee on Agriculture" research case, the election qualities showed a red light.
Zhang Shanzheng's first Taoyuan grand momentum on the 8th was regarded as a successful stabilization of momentum because he attracted more than 20,000 supporters to support him. Therefore, how to use this momentum to move forward next? Han Kuo-yu's auxiliary election may be the fire that ignites the enthusiasm of the Taoyuan Blues. When will Han appear in Taoyuan, it is worth paying attention to. (Source: Hong Kong China Review News Agency)