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The Taipei mayor and New Taipei mayor elections are important local elections in Taiwan and have always attracted much attention. Polls are often used to gauge candidate support during elections, but they are often controversial.
2026/09/23 10:58
Su Qiaohui (middle) and Li Sichuan (left) are in a tight race. (Photo by reporter Huang Zhengjia)
[Reporter Lin Nangu/Reporting from Taipei] The People's Association and polling expert Dai Li'an announced the latest Taipei mayoral poll yesterday. The results came out and made the Kuomintang and its supporters collapse. Some even questioned the DPP's money for conducting fake polls, alleging that Cao Xingcheng, the representative of the general recall, was behind it. In this regard, media personality Zhang Yuxuan jumped out to complain, saying frankly that the polls conducted by Dai Li'an in the past were regarded as a standard by many people in the blue camp. Now that the numbers produced are not as good as they expected, they started to throw dirty water. It is really ridiculous.
"Zhen Media" released a poll on the New Taipei City mayoral election today (23rd). The results showed that the support of DPP candidate Su Qiaohui climbed to 38.2%, while the KMT candidate Li Sichuan's support was 37.1%. The gap between the two was only 1.1%. In terms of optimism, Li Sichuan is 42.0% and Su Qiaohui is 36.8%. Compared with the data in April this year, Su Qiaohui's support and optimism increased, while Li Sichuan showed a downward trend.
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Just after "Shock Media" announced the New Taipei City mayoral election poll, Xu Zhongjiang, the producer and host of FTV News' "Taiwan Frontline" joked: "Shock Media's latest poll showed that Su Qiaohui overtook Li Sichuan. Do you want Lan Ying to say that "Shock Media" is also a fake poll?"
A poll released by Dai Li'an yesterday showed that in terms of voting support, Jiang Wanan had 41.7% and Shen Boyang 40.5%, with a gap of only 1.2%, which fell below everyone's expectations. As soon as the news came out, a large number of KMT politicians and supporters jumped on the bandwagon, questioning the sample size and structure of the poll, the institutional background of the poll, and even criticized the poll as a fraud to boost Shen Boyang's momentum.
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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The New Taipei mayoral election will enter the final sprint, and the two candidates will step up their campaign activities
Likely · Within weeks
The blue camp will continue to question the authenticity of the polls and may demand that the polls be rerun
Possible · Within weeks

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