Kaohsiung Mayoral Debate" Stage 2 Media Questions Lai and Ke are tit-for-tat on polls

Democratic Progressive Party candidate Lai Ruilong and Kuomintang candidate Ke Zhien competed on the same stage over their municipal vision. (File photo, Ke Zhien’s Facebook, synthesized by this newspaper)

Media questions were asked in the second stage of the first debate of the Kaohsiung mayoral election. In the second round, Zhongtian TV host Ma Qianhui asked questions. Ma Qianhui asked questions about the two polls. Ke Zhien said that the current polls showed that he lost only 0.1%, which was the affirmation of the citizens. Lai Ruilong said that he has confidence in the election, but he must also be careful of fear.

Ma Qianhui pointed out that there were two recent polls, one of which showed that the gap between Ke and Lai was only 0.1%, and the other was for Mayor Gao Chen Qimai's satisfaction rate of 84.4%. She asked Lai Ruilong how to convert Chen Qimai's high satisfaction into his own support, and asked Ke Zhien whether he agreed with the polls and should surpass Chen Qimai's satisfaction in the future.

Ke Zhien said that she respects all polls. The current poll shows that the gap between the two sides is only 0.1%. With Kaohsiung's green and blue situation, such polls are affirmative for her. However, her election does not mean that she negates Chen Qimai. Lai Ruilong said that she has not been dominated by factions, but has violated the party's will. She has maintained the bottom line on the bill. The voters in the middle gave high affirmation. Only by changing the party to govern can she expose the cheats. This is what the citizens expect of her.

Lai Ruilong said that he has confidence in the Kaohsiung election, but he must also be careful of fear. The previous Kaohsiung mayors of the Democratic Progressive Party, including Hsieh Chang-ting and Chen Ju, have encountered many challenges during the election process. Even Chen Qimai has lost the election, but history has proved that the Democratic Progressive Party Governance is the best choice for Kaohsiung. He is confident that he will lead Kaohsiung into the next golden decade. Kaohsiung's interests are the top priority. The Kuomintang does not support Kaohsiung at all. Ke Zhien even supports bills that are unfavorable to Kaohsiung. Her heart is not in Kaohsiung at all.