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BackDPP city councilor questions KMT poll: He Xinchun's support increases, blue camp feels alarm
DPP city councilor questions KMT poll: He Xinchun's support increases, blue camp feels alarm
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DPP city councilor questions KMT poll: He Xinchun's support increases, blue camp feels alarm

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  • The Taichung City Council caucus of the Kuomintang released a poll that showed Jiang Qichen leading He Xinchun by 12.6%.
  • DPP city councilors Chen Yurong, Hsieh Jiayi, Chen Xinxiu and Zeng Ziyao questioned the timing and interpretation of the poll, believing that He Xinchun's support continued to rise.
  • The blue camp felt pressure to release the poll, and emphasized that unity and youth policies of the green camp were the key.

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Why It Matters

The mayoral election in Taichung is underway. The Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party have nominated Jiang Qichen and He Xinchun respectively, and the gap in the polls between the two parties has become the focus of attention.

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The KMT's Taichung City Council caucus released a poll yesterday. The KMT's Taichung mayoral candidate Jiang Qichen leads the Democratic Progressive Party's Taichung mayoral candidate He Xinchun by 12.6%. The blue camp believes that this means that the green camp's confidence is low, so the polls have been rising. Not coming; DPP city councilors have very different views. City councilors Chen Yurong and Xie Jiayi and city council candidates Chen Xinxiu and Zeng Ziyao said that He Xinchun’s polls continued to rise, and the blue camp felt the warning. The blue camp was afraid, so they conducted such a poll.

Chen Yurong said that the green camp has high confidence and is very united. Last month, the gap narrowed to single digits of 8%. Yesterday, we saw the poll released by the KMT Taichung City Council caucus. We are very suspicious of such a poll in the last 70 days before the election. We even interpreted that the green camp is not united enough and that the blue camp should review itself.

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Chen Yurong emphasized that the Green Camp announced the poll a month ago, and the gap was within 8%, and the Green Camp’s unity has been growing since the Democratic Progressive Party Central Committee held a regular meeting in Taichung a month ago. Mayor Lu has felt pressure and frequently believes that the central government is targeting Lu. In fact, it is not targeting anyone. We are just working together to win the election and embrace a new Taichung. Why? Xinchun also put forward specific political views. Last Saturday, He Xinchun established a campaign headquarters with high morale and full crowds. It can be seen that the polls are only numbers and references, but people's hearts have changed. Taichung citizens want to change their hearts. This can be seen from the enthusiasm expressed by everyone when He Xinchun's campaign headquarters was established. I believe that he will be able to reverse the victory on November 28.

City councilor Xie Jiayi and city council candidate Chen Xinxiu also unanimously said that He Xinchun's polls continued to rise, and the blue camp also felt the warning. The blue camp was afraid, so they conducted such polls at a time when He Xinchun's presidential campaign was established and his popularity was high. However, we believe that the two sides have entered a golden cross and will eventually be able to flip successfully.

Chen Yurong and Zeng Ziyao also said that young voters have always had relatively high support and adhesion for He Xinchun. He Xinchun also often interacts with young friends on social platforms. More importantly, he supports youth policies and stands with young people. He Xinchun is the only candidate who specifically proposed to establish a youth affairs bureau and put the budget on young friends. This is true care for young people. I believe that the voting of middle voters and young people this year is definitely the key. The decisive battle for Taiwan and the decisive battle for young people.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • He Xinchun will reverse and win before the election

    Possible · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • What is the sample size and margin of error for this poll?
  • Which organization conducts the poll?
  • What is Ho Xinchun's specific budget plan for the Youth Affairs Bureau?

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