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BackChen Yixin, chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural Affairs Bureau: Taipei, Taoyuan and Taichung have advantages in the six-city election, Kaohsiung strives for a comeback, and Tainan strives for a comeback.
Chen Yixin, chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural Affairs Bureau: Taipei, Taoyuan and Taichung have advantages in the six-city election, Kaohsiung strives for a comeback, and Tainan strives for a comeback.
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Chen Yixin, chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural Affairs Bureau: Taipei, Taoyuan and Taichung have advantages in the six-city election, Kaohsiung strives for a comeback, and Tainan strives for a comeback.

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  • Chen Yixin, chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural Communication Committee, said that the six cities are fully prepared for the election.
  • Taipei, Taoyuan, and Taichung maintain their advantages, and the New Taipei election situation is growing steadily.
  • Kaohsiung needs to strive for a comeback, and Tainan must strive for a comeback.

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Why It Matters

There are less than three months left in the county and mayor elections at the end of the year. The Kuomintang has recently been involved in the dispute between the mayor of Zhubei and the White House. The party is worried that it will affect the cooperation in the six capital elections.

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Chen Yixin, chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural Affairs Bureau, said yesterday that the Kuomintang is fully prepared for the six-city election campaign. Currently, Taipei, Taoyuan, and Taichung maintain their advantages, and the New Taipei election situation is gradually growing steadily. Kaohsiung must strive for a comeback, and Tainan must strive for a comeback and victory. (File photo)

Evaluate Taipei, Taoyuan, and Taichung to maintain their advantages

There are less than three months left in the county and mayor elections at the end of the year. The Kuomintang has recently been involved in the dispute between the mayor of Zhubei and the White House. The party is worried that it will affect the cooperation in the six capital elections. In response to the evaluation of the election situation in the six cities, Chen Yixin, chairman of the KMT Cultural Communication Committee, responded to the media and said that the KMT is fully prepared for the election in the six cities. Currently, Taipei, Taoyuan, and Taichung maintain their advantages, and the election situation in New Taipei is gradually growing steadily. Kaohsiung must strive for a comeback, and Tainan must strive for a comeback.

Chen Yixin said that next, the Party Central Committee will integrate the six capital organizations, propaganda and issue combat capabilities, and expand joint momentum in conjunction with the nuclear energy referendum. In addition to important party leaders who will take turns to stand on the stage, important industry figures who support the resumption of nuclear power will also be invited to speak out together, bringing the appeal of "no electricity, no competitiveness, energy is national security" to the whole of Taiwan.

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Chen Yixin emphasized that the Kuomintang will increase voter participation enthusiasm and drive turnout through the nuclear energy referendum, so that the year-end election will not only be a competition for local candidates, but also become an overall review of the DPP's governance and wrong energy policies.

Election auxiliary: Return to local elections, Cheng Lai-man, don’t cause trouble

Party Chairman Cheng Lai-wen was originally going to Kaohsiung and Tainan to hold "regular meetings in action" at the end of last month and early this month to boost the momentum of Ke Zhien and Xie Longjie. However, floods and candidate registration have delayed the event, and the schedule has not yet been arranged.

Auxiliary campaigners in Liudu said that the recent election situation of Ke Zhien has been stalemate. If Cheng Laiwen cannot gain points by moving south, but the intensification of the Blue-White alliance controversy and pro-China issues will affect the candidate's election situation, it is better to cancel the regular meeting in action and return the election to the local level, so that the candidates can concentrate on facing the election battle. "Don't add chaos."

Jiang Wanan and Lu Xiuyan will make intensive arrangements for touring auxiliary elections

On the other hand, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan and Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan will also intensively arrange auxiliary elections in the six capitals and counties and cities after the general inquiry. Lu Xiuyan and Zheng Liwen will also attend the inauguration meeting of the New Taipei City Speaker Jiang Genhuang's campaign headquarters on the 12th. They will share the stage with New Taipei big names to create a great unity in the blue camp.

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What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • The KMT will use the nuclear energy referendum to increase voter participation enthusiasm and drive turnout

    Possible · Within weeks

  • Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan and Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan will intensively arrange auxiliary elections in the six capitals and counties and cities

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • Will a nuclear referendum succeed in boosting voter turnout?
  • Will Cheng Lai-wen arrange to go to Kaohsiung and Tainan to support the election?
  • What is the actual impact of the Blue and White controversy on the KMT’s six-city election campaign?

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