From a huge lead to winning by only 8 percentage points, Jiang Wanan: In the heat of the election, there will be confrontation and negative attacks

The race for mayor of Taipei is heating up. According to the "TVBS" poll, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan led his rival Shen Boyang by nearly 30 percentage points in May. However, according to the October survey, the gap narrowed to 8 percentage points. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan went to the "Shaokang Situation Room" today (19th) for an exclusive interview. Host Zhao Shaokang asked why there is such a gap and how to widen it? Jiang Wanan said that the election has entered a fierce stage, and there have been many offenses, defenses, confrontations, and negative attacks. Various factors will certainly cause the polls to become closer.

Jiang Wanan said that all surveys will be treated with caution. In fact, the previous poll was 30% behind. We are doing various polls or the city government's own municipal satisfaction survey. There are usually no elections. Citizens have feelings about various municipal constructions. At that time, municipal satisfaction was as high as 60% or even 70%. But when the election comes, there will be attacks and defenses, which will of course bring the polls closer.

Zhao Shaokang asked, with 40 days left in the election, how can we widen the gap again?

Jiang Wanan said that as the election campaign becomes more intense, there will be labeling, false rumors or negative attacks. We must do our best to clarify and refute, remove negative labels and dispel false rumors. This is a very important thing to do in the election campaign.

Jiang Wanan mentioned that he has experienced so many elections, whether it is the first legislative election, re-election, or running for mayor four years ago, he will see such changes in the polls. When you enter the campaign state, you will see various factors that bring the basic base back.

Jiang Wanan said that Zhao Shaokang should be very aware that he has so much experience in electoral campaigns, especially county and city leaders. In ordinary municipal governance, he takes care of every citizen regardless of party affiliation. As long as citizens think that "the quality of life has improved," "traffic has improved," and "social housing has continued to advance," they will certainly feel happy about the city and have a high degree of affirmation of the city government's policies. But the election campaign is different. There will be confrontation and negative attacks at the beginning of the election. This is bound to be the case.