Pingtung County Magistrate election analysis: Zhou Chunmi seeks re-election, Su Qingquan makes a comeback

The current Pingtung County Governor Zhou Chunmi narrowly defeated Su Qingquan with more than 11,000 votes. In the next county magistrate election, the green and blue will face off again. Zhou Chunmi from the Democratic Progressive Party took advantage of the current position and gained momentum, while Su Qingquan from the Kuomintang lost nine people to the fire at Antai Hospital. The election situation was depressed for a time. However, the recent heavy rains and flooding in the south and the fierce competition in the grassroots elections also caused some changes in the election situation.

The Democratic Progressive Party has been in power in Pingtung County for 28 years, and the blue-green territory is more green than blue. This year's county magistrate election caused internal disputes due to the green camp primary election. In addition, the underground construction of the Provincial Line 1 cable lasted for two years, which made people in the coastal areas complain. Zhou Chunmi narrowly defeated Su Qingquan with only more than 11,000 votes. It is even rarer for blue to narrowly defeat green in coastal towns. In the end, it was the Pingpei region that stabilized the vote and won the election.

In the next county magistrate election, Su Qingquan made a comeback, but a fire broke out at Antai Hospital, in which 9 people died. The illegal construction of the hospital was serious. Su Qingquan, as the founder, could not absolve himself of the blame. He was still under judicial trial. Su Qingquan kept a low profile. For a time, supporters of the blue camp questioned whether Su would continue to run for the election, and there were even rumors that Su Qingquan had changed hands. Until the election heated up, Su Qingquan was from The Legislative Yuan set out and began to criticize the county government's policies, attacking the policy of free health insurance for 65-year-olds, raising education issues, criticizing too many stationary speed cameras, and issuing large fines. Now it has even issued a check for free health insurance for children under 6 years old. Coupled with the heavy rain in Pingtung, coastal towns and villages were seriously flooded. Su's momentum has stopped falling, and supporters of the blue camp have begun to return.

Faced with Su Qingquan's challenge, Zhou Chunmi seemed quite calm, and continued to go to the countryside to stabilize the situation. He also delivered good report cards on governance achievements and the introduction of technology industries. With the basic market that green is greater than blue, the public has a positive view of Zhou Chunmi's re-election, but the green camp The crisis does not lie with the blue camp. Instead, some internal conflicts have not been resolved. The overall unity is only on the surface. There are still some undercurrents underneath, which also makes the election uncertain. Especially after the county and mayor elections are tight, it may have some impact on the blue and green elections. The follow-up remains to be seen.