KMT: Bookies Giving Even Money on Han & Tsai

KMT: Bookies Giving Even Money on Han & Tsai

Source: UDN

December 13, 2019

With a 29-day countdown to the 2020 presidential race (2020/1/11), both the KMT and the DPP believed that they held the advantage, while consolidating the morale of their supporters yesterday. President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) canvassed votes through an online live stream, emphasizing that although she kept her lead in the opinion polls, it was not yet the time to sit back and relax. Chang San-cheng (張善政), KMT’s vice presidential candidate, stated that he believed that KMT presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) would win the election. Chang indicated that prior to the time when Han called on his fans to answer pollsters’ questions by saying, “I support Tsai only,” making polling organizations producing unrealistic poll results, the gap in support ratings between Han and Tsai was within 5%, the margin of error, adding that, in fact, bookies were giving even money on Han and Tsai.

Right after Chang’s remarks were made public, the DPP legislative caucus called a press conference to denounce Chang, indicating that Chang knew book-making was illegal, but he still used bookies to save Han’s election prospects. Moreover, the caucus also called on Chang to phone the police to report the bookies as soon as possible if he knew how to contact them.

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