The Taiwan Inspirational Association held a "Public Opinion Survey on Taiwan's Situation in September 2015" today. The Taiwan Inspirational Association CEO Lai Rongwei (middle), Professor Qiu Shiyi of the Department of Political Science at Tunghai University (left), and Professor Fan Shiping of the Institute of Political Science at National Taiwan Normal University (right) analyzed the contents of the report. (Photo by reporter Liu Xinde)
The Taiwan Inspirational Association (TIA) released the latest poll today (23rd). As many as 63.4% of the people are dissatisfied with the performance of the Legislative Yuan, and only 34.8% are satisfied. Most people believe that the opposition between the ruling and opposition parties is serious and affects the operation of deliberations. In addition, 57.7% of the people do not support the Kuomintang's cutting of the presidential palace's state secret funds and attacking sheltered workshops to make Mid-Autumn Festival gift boxes, and 40.0% support it. However, the proposal to distribute NT$10,000 to everyone next year has gained a high degree of social consensus, with more than 75% of supporters from both the government and the opposition expressing approval.
The plan to promote universal distribution of 10,000 people next year has gained a high degree of social consensus, with more than 75% of supporters from both the government and the opposition in favor.
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According to polls, if you ask the public whether they are satisfied with the current performance of the Legislative Yuan? The results found that 5.9% were very satisfied, 28.9% were moderately satisfied, 29.4% were not very satisfied, 34.0% were very dissatisfied, and 1.8% had no opinion. The reasons for dissatisfaction were as follows: "The opposition between the ruling and opposition parties is serious, which affects the operation of deliberations" 41.9%, "Party interests are higher than the overall interests of the country" 40.5%, "Budget review is inefficient or delayed" 36.1%, "Failed to effectively solve people's livelihood issues" 25.3% and "Failed to effectively formulate or promote important laws" 22.5%.
People are most dissatisfied with the Legislative Yuan: "The serious opposition between the ruling and opposition parties affects the operation of deliberations."
In terms of age, the highest dissatisfaction rate was 66% among people over 30 years old. In terms of political party differences, the dissatisfaction rate among supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party is as high as 81%, focusing on poor efficiency or delays in budget review; the dissatisfaction rate among supporters of the Kuomintang is 46%, with the main reasons for dissatisfaction being the failure to effectively solve people's livelihood issues, party interests overriding national interests, and opposition between the government and the opposition; the People's Party is 47%, and the independent party is 56%. The primary reason why people without party affiliation are dissatisfied is that the serious opposition between the ruling and opposition parties affects the operation of deliberations.
Nearly 40% of Blue and White voters do not support cutting state secret fees
In addition, the Kuomintang froze the presidential palace's state secret fees, which affected the purchase of Mid-Autumn Festival gift boxes from sheltered workshops. Do you want the public to support this decision? 26.3% strongly do not support it, 31.4% do not support it very much, only 13.9% moderately support it, 26.8% strongly support it, and 1.7% have no opinion. The highest rate of disapproval was 76% who preferred the Democratic Progressive Party, followed by 54% who had no political party affiliation. 38% and 36% of the Kuomintang and the People's Party also disagreed respectively.
In response to the 2016 total budget budget of 235.7 billion yuan and the plan for universal cash distribution of 10,000 yuan next year, the poll found that 34.1% strongly agreed, 45.7% moderately agreed, only 14% did not agree, 5.9% strongly disagreed, and 0.2 had no opinion. In terms of political parties, 82% of the Democratic Progressive Party, 81% of the Kuomintang, 76% of the People's Party, and 76% of independents. The approval rate among supporters of each major political party exceeded 75%, making it the policy issue with the highest cross-party consensus in this survey.
Defense spending exceeds 3% of GDP, and nearly 70% of the people express support
As for the Executive Yuan’s plan to spend more than 3% of GDP on defense spending next year, which will be used for armaments, missiles, drones and improving overall defense capabilities, 39.4% strongly support it, 29.4% moderately support it, 17.4% do not support it very much, 13.0% strongly do not support it and 0.8% have no opinion. The support rate is highest with 94% of supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party, followed by 58% of those who have no political party affiliation, 48% of the Kuomintang, and 39% of the People's Party.
The survey unit of this poll is the Taiwan Inspirational Association (TIA), which is implemented by Hometown Market Research Co., Ltd. The survey was conducted from September 10 to 15, 2015, and the survey targets were people over the age of 20 across the country. The sampling method adopted stratified random sampling, with residential phones and mobile phones in parallel. The effective sample was 1,200, including 600 for residential phones and 600 for mobile phones. At the 95% confidence level, the sampling error was plus or minus 2.83 percentage points.
The Taiwan Inspirational Association announced today (23rd) a survey on the situation in Taiwan in September. (Provided by Taiwan Inspirational Association)
