China Commentary News Agency Quick Comment Taiwan Popular Opinion Foundation announced a poll on the support level of Taiwan’s political parties in September on September 16th, with the Democratic Progressive Party falling by 7.8 percentage points, leaving only 22.4%; the Taiwan People’s Party surged by 7.5 percentage points, rising to 20.9%; the Kuomintang 15.4%, slightly down 1.1 percentage points, becoming the third largest party; other small parties: the power of the times is 6.4%, Taiwan’s foundation has increased by 5.9%, and other political parties have a total of 1.5%; 25.5% did not specifically support any party, 2% did not know and refused to answer.
The polls of the Taiwan Poll Foundation have their own uniqueness and influence, and have certain reference value. They have attracted much attention from all parties for many years.
The most noteworthy thing about this poll is that among the major political parties, although the DPP's support remains the highest, it is only 22.4%, a sharp drop of 7.8 percentage points. As You Yinglong, chairman of the Taiwan Popular Opinion Foundation, said, green is still significantly greater than blue, but the DPP is at the lowest level of party support since Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016. There is evidence that among voters aged 20 to 54, the People's Party has completely crushed the DPP. Relatively speaking, the DPP only has an absolute advantage among voters over 60 years old. Many young voters who originally supported the DPP collectively ran away and turned to support the power of the times and the advancement of Taiwan, and even the PPP benefited. In other words, this poll reflects the major crisis of the DPP from one aspect.
At the same time, this poll by the Taiwan Popular Foundation highlights the KMT's warning, reflecting at least three levels: First, the large-scale loss of supporters of the DPP and the sharp decline in support did not benefit the KMT. The KMT's support not only did not increase, but also fell slightly; Second, although the KMT's support was relatively stable and did not have a big ups and downs, it was stable in low support, maintaining around 15%, reflecting the people's lack of enthusiasm and expectations for the KMT; Third, the KMT's support was once again surpassed by the KMT and became the third, how could the KMT feel!
