
A poll released by the Taiwan Independence Alliance and the Taiwan Security Association showed that 66.5% of respondents agreed to take risks to defend their homeland, sparking heated discussions about the willingness of supporters of various political parties.
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The Taiwan Independence Alliance and the Taiwan Security Association commissioned Shanshui Public Opinion Research Co., Ltd. to conduct a Taiwan Strait crisis poll.
A poll recently released by the Taiwan Independence Alliance and the Taiwan Security Association showed that in the event of another crisis in the Taiwan Strait, 66.5% of respondents agreed to take risks to defend their homeland. Among them, 86.8% of supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party were willing, and more than half of the supporters of the Kuomintang were willing, with 52.7% being willing. However, the People's Party was not more than half, with only 44.4% being willing. After the poll results were mapped and released by the fan blog "Wocao", discussions arose.
The independent online platform "WoCao Watchout" yesterday produced a chart based on a poll recently released by the Taiwan Independence Alliance and the Taiwan Security Association, "If Taiwan is attacked by a military attack, would you be willing to take risks to defend Taiwan?" and published a post on Fanzhuan. The results show that nearly two-thirds, 66.5%, of Taiwanese people are willing to take risks to defend their homeland, while only 16.2% said they were unwilling.
Among them, 86.8% of supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party are willing and only 2.0% are unwilling; more than half of the supporters of the Kuomintang are willing, 52.7% are willing, and 24.1% are unwilling. People's Party supporters are the least willing, but 44.4% are willing, exceeding 42.2% who are unwilling. 81.6% of Times Power supporters are willing and 5.2% are unwilling, while 100% of Taiwan Foundation supporters are willing to take risks to defend their homeland.
After the article was posted, 21,000 people liked it in less than 24 hours, and there were nearly 10,000 comments. The discussion was extremely heated. Netizens left messages: "I am here to see the group that is even more pitiable than the Kuomintang", "I don't want to join the war, but if it does start a war, I will end up", "I will be afraid, but I will still fight", "Why fight!? Let the Blue Bird and Black Bear fight."
This poll was commissioned by Shanshui Public Opinion Research Co., Ltd., commissioned by the Taiwan Independence Alliance and the Taiwan Security Association. It surveyed people over the age of 15 who were registered in the visited area across the country from October 31 to November 3, 2026. There are 10,77 valid samples, including 541 samples from households and 536 samples from mobile phones before weighting. At a 95% confidence level, the sampling error is approximately plus or minus 2.99 percentage points. The survey is weighted by region, gender, age and education level. The press conference for the poll release was hosted by Chen Huirong, associate professor of the Department of Journalism of the Chinese Culture University.

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