
2026年台北市長選舉選前56天全台僅公布8次民調,為過去的五分之一。學者王宏恩分析,各陣營不公布民調其實是跨陣營共識,背後反映出雙方差距未拉開、現任者支持度未過半等策略考量。
2026年台北市長選舉民調公布次數創新低,選前56天僅8次。學者王宏恩分析,這並非缺乏內部數據,而是跨陣營的策略性「蓋牌」,反映出雙方差距未拉開、現任者未過半且挑戰者持續追近的現狀。
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2026年台北市長選舉選前56天僅公布了8次民調,相較於2014年、2018年與2022年顯著下降。
台北市長選戰進入白熱化,美國內華達大學拉斯維加斯分校政治系副教授王宏恩卻意外發現,本次2026年台北市長選舉的民調公布次數,至今只有8次,是過去的五分之一,他也試著分析造成這種結果的可能原因。
王宏恩在思想坦克撰文表示,本屆選前56天全台僅公布了8次台北市長民調,相較於2014年(56次)、2018年(28次)與2022年(32次),公布頻率顯著下降。他認為,這並非因為各陣營沒錢做民調或對該區選情沒興趣,各方內部都有持續在追蹤數字,不公布民調其實是跨陣營的共識。
「不公布是一個策略,不是沒有數字。」王宏恩分析,當民調呈現雙方仍有差距但未被拉開,且現任者支持度未過半且緩步下滑;挑戰者雖持續追近,但尚未達到「觸手可及」的翻盤臨界點時,雙方都會傾向選擇蓋牌。
他分析,對現任者而言,若公布民調顯示支持度從高點下滑或未表態率居高,即使仍保持領先,反而會讓支持者產生危機感或失望感,讓原本的支持者們覺得「果然是做得不好嘛!」大量的未表態,也給了挑戰者或中間選民覺得有翻盤的可能。在這種情況下,對於現任者來說,公布民調造成的傷害可能比穩定軍心的效果還要大,因此選擇不公布就會是更合理的策略。
第二種可能,則是現任者民調穩定過半,但挑戰者快速追近並吸收未表態以及中間選民。但這種情況雙方蓋牌的誘因比較低,因為此時現任者還是有公布民調穩定軍心的動機,假如現任者支持仍然過半,更可公布民調讓挑戰者的支持者知道希望渺茫、讓只想跟風、只想投票給勝選者的人加入現任者陣營。而挑戰者假如持續快速追近,也有公布的動機,告訴支持者最近的掃街、表態、競選都是有效果的,鼓舞士氣繼續努力。
王宏恩認為,把各種狀況排出來看,現在各方都不公布民調數字的狀況,可能就是雙方仍有一小段差距但不大,現任者沒有過半且慢慢下滑,挑戰者慢慢上升但仍未能追到觸手可及之處,雙方目前勝負仍未改變。在這種情況下,會導致現任者、挑戰者、其他陣營都比較沒有公布民調數字的動機,民調公布本身成為一種武器化的策略。
王宏恩最後也說,當然可以想像假如這種情況繼續變化,當雙方追到夠近、或當雙方差距再度拉到非常遠,此時各方公布民調的動機就會重新上升了。
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當雙方差距拉近或拉大時,各方公布民調的動機將重新上升
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