TVBS latest poll revealed! During the debate, Shen Boyang was highly optimistic. 41% of Taipei people did not support the relocation of Songji.

At the Taipei mayoral candidate debate, Shen Boyang was more optimistic than Jiang Wanan. (File photo, synthesized by this newspaper)

The much-anticipated televised debate of Taipei mayoral candidates will be held on October 31, co-organized by "TVBS" and "Sanli". "TVBS" released two polls today. In the "2026 Taipei Mayor TV Debate Poll", 41% were optimistic about Shen Boyang and 30% were optimistic about Chiang Wanan. Another poll was conducted to investigate the "relocation of Songshan Airport" issue previously raised by Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan. The result was that 41% of citizens did not support it and 31% supported it.

According to the results of the "2026 Taipei Mayor TV Debate Poll" released today by "TVBS", as many as 74% of Taipei citizens said they "know" that a TV debate will be held soon. In terms of viewing intention, 60% of citizens said they "will" watch the TV debate, 14% said they were not sure, and 26% said they would not watch it.

As for who they are optimistic about will perform better at the debate, the results show that 41% of citizens think that Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party will perform better, 30% think that the current mayor of the Kuomintang, Jiang Wanan, will perform better, and another 30% said they don’t know or have no opinion.

In terms of cross-comparison age, 53% of those aged 30 to 39 are optimistic about Shen Boyang, and only 20% are optimistic about Jiang Wanan; 42% of those aged 40 to 49 are optimistic about Shen Boyang, and 29% are optimistic about Jiang Wanan; and 49% of those aged 50 to 59 are optimistic about Shen Boyang, and 26% are optimistic about Jiang Wanan. Jiang Wanan is more optimistic among those aged 60 to 69 (39%: 34%) and those over 70 (35%: 31%).

Those with a college degree or above are more optimistic about Jiang Wanan (43%: 31%); voters with a college degree (43%: 26%) and graduate school or above (48%: 30%) are obviously more optimistic about Shen Boyang. In terms of party orientation, 92% of those who identify with the Democratic Progressive Party are optimistic about Shen Boyang; 76% of those who identify with the Kuomintang are optimistic about Jiang Wanan; 58% of those who identify with the People's Party are optimistic about Jiang Wanan and 24% are optimistic about Shen Boyang; 31% of neutral voters are optimistic about Shen Boyang and 14% are optimistic about Jiang Wanan, but as many as 55% said they don't know.

Songji relocation: 41% of Taipei residents do not pay the bill

The "TVBS" poll also conducted a survey on the issue of relocation of Songji. The results showed that 41% of Taipei citizens said they "do not support" the relocation of Songji (19% did not support it very much, 22% strongly did not support it), which was higher than the 31% who said they "supported" (13% strongly supported, 18% moderately supported), and 28% had no opinion.

In terms of cross-comparison, more than 40% of people under the age of 59 do not support it, and the highest level of disapproval is 50% among those aged 30 to 39. The support rate for this age group is only 24%. Only those aged 60 to 69 have slightly higher support (41%) than disapproval (33%).

In terms of region, almost all administrative regions have higher disapproval than support. The only region with higher support than dissupport is the Inner Hunan Port District (40%: 35%), which is directly related to airport operations and technology corridors.

This survey was conducted by the TVBS Public Opinion Survey Center from 18:30 to 22:00 in the evening from October 12 to 15, 2015. A total of 1,196 Taipei citizens over the age of 20 were contacted. Among them, 65 refused to be interviewed, with a refusal rate of 5.4%. Finally, 1,131 valid samples were successfully interviewed. At the 95% confidence level, the sampling error was within ±2.9 percentage points. The sampling method adopts random sampling with the last four digits of local telephone numbers and telephone interviews. All data are statistically weighted according to maternal gender, age, region, education level and other variables. The source of funding for the investigation is TVBS.