
Internet celebrity "Four-Chased Cat" Liu Yu cited the latest TVBS poll on Facebook and pointed out that the support gap between Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan and Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Boyang has narrowed from 28 percentage points in late May to 8 percentage points announced yesterday, with Chiang Wanan's support at 49% and Shen Boyang at 41%.
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The Taipei mayoral election has attracted widespread attention, with multiple polling agencies continuing to track the changes in support between current mayor Chiang Wanan and Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Boyang. TVBS is one of Taiwan's major media outlets, and its poll results are often cited as a reference for election campaigns.
Internet celebrity "Four-Chased Cat" Liu Yu posted a post on Facebook, citing the latest TVBS poll results, pointing out that the support gap between Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan and DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang has narrowed from 28 percentage points in late May to 8 percentage points.
Sijimao said that according to TVBS polls in late May, Jiang Wanan's support was 58% and Shen Boyang's was 30%, with a gap of 28 percentage points between the two sides. Yesterday, the latest poll also produced by TVBS showed that Jiang Wanan's support was 49% and Shen Boyang's was 41%, and the gap between the two sides narrowed to 8 percentage points.
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Sijimao pointed out that the gap between the two polls has narrowed from 28 percentage points to 8 percentage points. He also joked about TVBS in a homophonic tone, saying bluntly: "It seems to be the 'Green VBS' news station!"
Netizens also left comments below the post, "It's down to single digits, everyone, keep working hard", "Waiting for Diane's poll", "TVBS polls have an error of more than 10% in the past", "I think it has actually reached a golden cross".
The Taipei mayoral election has attracted much attention from all walks of life. In a poll released by pollster Dai Li'an and the People's Association at the end of last month, there was only one difference between the current mayor Chiang Wanan (41.7%) and the Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Boyang (40.5%). TVBS also released the latest poll yesterday, with support for Jiang Wanan at 49% and Shen Boyang at 41%. Shen Boyang originally trailed Jiang Wanan by nearly 30 percentage points, but now he is in single digits.
This survey was conducted by the TVBS Public Opinion Survey Center on October 3, 2015, and from 18:30 to 22:00 in the evenings of October 5 to 7. A total of 1,284 Taipei citizens over the age of 20 were contacted. Among them, 164 refused to be interviewed, with a refusal rate of 12.8%. In the end, 1,120 valid samples were interviewed. At the 95% confidence level, the sampling error was within ±2.9 percentage points.
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The gap in support for the Taipei mayoral election will further narrow in the next few weeks and may fall within the statistical error range
Possible · Within weeks

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