Global Views Public Opinion Poll

Global Views Public Opinion Poll

(September 18, 2009)

1.     Do you have confidence in the new Cabinet under the leadership of President Ma Ying-jeou?

	Premier and his Cabinet	Yes	No
May 2008	Liu Chao-shiuan	64.2%	15.6%
September 2009	Wu Den-yih	42.9%	42.2%

2.     Do you follow reports about the signing of a cross-strait ECFA (Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement)?

Yes	65.9%
No	19%
Declined to answer	15.2%

3.     For Taiwan’s economy to improve, do you think cross-Strait exchanges should increase or decrease?

Date	Increase	Decrease
March 2009	51.7%	29%
September 2009	55.8%	24.5%

4.     Trust ratings of former President Chen Shui-bian

Date	Trust	Distrust
May 2008	20.5%	57.4%
August 2008	5.9%	81.5%
December 2008	8.2%	78.7%
September 2009	10.3%	79%

5.     Do you think the fact that a former President has been convicted in a court of law after stepping down is a sign of progress or backpedaling in Taiwan’s fledging democracy?

Date	Progress	Backpedaling
August 2006	65.4%	19.3%
November 2008	64.4%	22.2%
September 2009	60.6%	27.3%

6.     Which of the following do you think the corruption case of former President Chen Shui-bian and his family has harmed the most?

	August 2006	September 2009
Taiwan’s international image	16.2%	23%
Social education	19.3%	20.5%
Taiwan’s democracy and justice system	13.4%	15.3%
Credibility of the government	23.9%	14.4%
Dignity of society at large	9%	9.3%

7.     Can the DPP demonstrate its determination to promote clean governance and reform in spite of the corruption case of former President Chen Shui-bian and his family?

Date	Yes	No
July 2006	23.1%	59.5%
September 2009	25.1%	47.5%

8.     Do you think that the DPP’s image and future would be improved if DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen made a formal apology for the scandals of former President Chen Shui-bian?

Yes	63.2%
No	17.1%

9.     Do you think President Ma Ying-jeou should pardon former President Chen Shui-bian if the final ruling is still a life sentence?

No	57.3% (including 42.5% who responded “Definitely Not”)
Yes	21.2%

10. President Ma Ying-jeou’s approval and trust ratings:

Date	Satisfied	Dissatisfied
April 2008	60.5%	17.5%
May 2008	58.3%	11.9%
June 2008	37.8%	46.2%
July 2008	27%	60.4%
August 2008	36.1%	47.6%
September 2008	24.9%	64.5%
October 2008	23.6%	67.6%
November 2008	29.8%	58.2%
December 2008	30.8%	58.4%
January 2009	28.7%	57.3%
February 2009	34.5%	54.8%
March 2009	28.6%	58.3%
April 2009	32.8%	57.6%
May 2009	38.9%	48.6%
June 2008	40.7%	46.1%
July 2009	35.5%	52.3%
August 2009	21.5%	59.6%
September 2009	28.2%	59.6%

Date	Trust	Distrust
June 2008	55.4%	27.7%
July 2008	46.3%	38.5%
August 2008	51.3%	31%
September 2008	46%	41.2%
October 2008	42.9%	43.4%
November 2008	48.1%	38.5%
December 2008	47.4%	37.5%
January 2009	44.5%	39.9%
February 2009	48.7%	36.5%
March 2009	45%	40.2%
April 2009	49.6%	35.2%
May 2009	50.3%	33.9%
June 2009	45.4%	38.0%
July 2009	45.2%	39.1%
August 2009	36.9%	47.2%
September 2009	44.8%	41.6%

11. Figures showing the satisfaction ratings of the performance of the KMT legislators in the Legislative Yuan:

Date	Satisfied	Dissatisfied
April 2008	38.7%	39.3%
June 2008	27.2%	49.4%
July 2008	22.4%	59.7%
August 2008	26.3%	53.6%
September 2008	21.7%	59.3%
October 2008	22.1%	61.7%
November 2008	27.9%	56.7%
December 2008	24.7%	58.7%
January 2009	22.2%	57.8%
February 2009	28.0%	56.9%
March 2009	19.9%	61.5%
April 2009	23.8%	58.7%
May 2009	27.0%	56.5%
June 2009	23.1%	58.1%
July 2009	22.7%	59.1%
August 2009	21.5%	59.6%
September 2009	25.8%	56.8%

Note: This poll was conducted from 18:20 pm to 22:00 pm on September 14 to 16 with 1,003 people over 20 years of age surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.1 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: Global Views Magazine Public Opinion Poll Center

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