Opinion Poll on 2012 Presidential Election and Cross-Strait Policies

Opinion Poll on 2012 Presidential Election and Cross-Strait Policies

Source: Global Views Survey Research Center

August 22, 2011

1. If you were to vote tomorrow, who would you vote for?

	2011/5	2011/6	2011/7	2011/8
KMT Ma Ying-jeou	38.9%	41.2%	37.3%	39.6%
DPP Tsai Ing-wen	38.6%	36.3%	37.2%	38.1%

Support Rating	KMT Ma Ying-jeou	DPP Tsai Ing-wen	PFP James Soong	Percentage of respondents
KMT Ma Ying-jeou vs. DPP Tsai Ing-wen	39.6%	38.1%		77.7%
DPP Tsai Ing-wen vs. PFP James Soong		43.6%	33.6%	77.2%
Three-way race	35.1%	33.9%	14%	83%

2. Public’s evaluation of Ma Ying-jeou, Tsai Ing-wen and James Soong

	KMT Ma Ying-jeou	DPP Tsai Ing-wen	PFP James Soong
Trustworthy personality and integrity	35.7%	32.4%	8.7%
Policy implementation experience and performance	23.7%	16.4%	39%
Explain vision of country’s future	26.2%	31.1%	19.5%
Cultivation of team leadership and crisis management	24%	26.9%	26.2%
Defend nation’s sovereignty, safeguard Taiwan’s interests and cross-Strait peace	30.8%	36.3%	12.1%

3. Public perception of Ma Ying-jeou, Tsai Ing-wen and James Soong’s stance on cross-Strait relations

	Taiwan independence	Maintain Status quo	Reunification with the Mainland
PFP James Soong	9.7%	35.4%	21.4%
KMT Ma Ying-jeou,	5.3%	42.8%	33.6%
DPP  Tsai Ing-wen	38.3%	37.4%	3.2%

Note: The latest poll was conducted from 18:20 pm to 22:00 pm between August 15 and 16 with 1,122 people surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 2.9 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

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