(August 20, 2009)

Survey Topic: The 8/8 Flood Disaster Rescue and Relief

1.     Are you satisfied with President Ma Ying-jeou’s performance on governance？

Yes	29.6%
Not	55.4%
No opinion / Don’t know	15%

2.     Are you satisfied with Premier Liu Chao-shiuan performance on governance？

Yes	19.9%
No	63.3%
No opinion / Don’t know	16.8%

3.     The 8/8 Flood devastated Taiwan, who do you think should shoulder a greater responsibility? The central government or the local authorities?

Central government	36.5%
Local governments	17.6%
Same	32.2%
No opinion / Don’t know	13.7%

4.     President Ma Ying-jeou apologized to the people for his administration’s performance in post 8/8 Flood rescue and relief efforts at a press conference. Do you accept his apology？

Yes	42%
No	38.9%
No opinion / Don’t know	19.1%

5.     Do you think officials should be severely punished for their poor performance on disaster rescue and relief operations？

Yes	75.2%
No	11.9%
No opinion / Don’t know	12.9%

6.     Do you think the Cabinet should be reshuffled？

Yes, on a grand scale	47.2%
Yes, to some extent	19.2%
No	11.5%
No opinion / Don’t know	22.1%

7.     The Cabinet will soon be reshuffled. Which of the following officials do you think should be replaced？

Premier Liu Chao-shiuan	27.5%
Vice Premier Chiu Cheng-hsiung	6%
Cabinet Secretary-General Hsieh Hsiang-chuan	12.9%
Interior Minister Liao Liou-yi	7.4%
Defense Minister Chen Chao-min	21.2%
Foreign Minister Francisco H.L. Ou	11.9%
Economics Minister Yiin Chii-ming	4.3%
Finance Minister Li Sush-der	1.5%
Minister of Transportation and Communications Mao Chi-kuo	5.5%
Education Minister Cheng Jei-cheng	2%
Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng	3%
Agriculture Minister Chen Wu-hsiung	2.3%
Other officials	4.3%
Dismiss all of the cabinet	16.3%
No opinion / Don’t know	45.1%

8.     Do you have confidence in the future governance of the Ma Administration?

Yes	39.7%
No	46.7%
No opinion / Don’t know	13.7%

9.     Approval ratings of President Ma Ying-jeou

Time	Event	Satisfied	Dissatisfied
2008/03/22	2 days after being elected	79%	7.3%
2008/04/10	20 days after being elected	56.6%	9.7%
2008/06/20	One month in office	50%	28.6%
2008/07/17	Two months in office	35.5%	42.2%
2008/08/22	100 days in office	46.3%	38.7%
2009/04/07	President Ma doubles as party chairman	44.2%	39.8%
2009/04/27	The third Chiang-Chen Meeting	44.9%	37.9%
2009/05/13	One year in office	56.1%	33.5%
2009/06/03	State visit to Latin America	60.7%	24.5%
2009/08/19	After 8/8 Flood	29.6%	55.4%

10.  Confidence in Ma Administration’s future governance

Time	Event	Confident	Not confident
2008/06/20	One month in office	61.5%	22.6%
2008/07/17	Two months in office	55.2%	30.9%
2008/08/22	100 days in office	58.9%	31.1%
2009/05/13	One year in office	59.4%	31.4%
2009/08/19	After 8/8 Flood	39.7%	46.7%

Note: This poll was conducted on August 19 with 817 people over 20 years of age surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.5 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: China Times

http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-News/2007Cti-News-Content/0,4521,50201455+112009082000079,00.html