Global Views Magazine Public Opinion Poll ((October 28, 2009))

Global Views Magazine Public Opinion Poll

(October 28, 2009)

1.      Indexes reflecting the overall mood of the public and their confidence in politics and in the economy from January 2009 to date:

	Taiwan Public Mood Index (TPMI)	Political Confidence Index (PCI)	Economic Confidence Index (ECI)
January 2009	36.8	46.6	26.9
February 2009	39.2	49.5	28.9
March 2009	39.6	47.4	31.8
April 2009	42.3	49.1	35.4
May 2009	43.7	50.4	36.9
June 2009	42.6	50.1	35.0
July 2009	41.3	48.7	33.9
August 2009	36.5	42.3	30.6
September 2009	43.6	51.1	36.1
October 2009	42.5	48.4	36.5

2.      Indexes reflecting the public’s trust in the Kuomintang, the ruling party, their political optimism and their trust in the opposition party from January 2009 to date:

	Ruling Side Trust Index (RSTI)	Political Optimism Index (POI)	Opposition Side Trust Index (OSTI)
January 2009	44.6	49.6	39.0
February 2009	47.8	52.0	37.4
March 2009	45.0	51.0	37.6
April 2009	46.7	52.8	36.9
May 2009	48.4	53.3	36.7
June 2009	46.4	55.7	38.4
July 2009	45.0	54.2	39.4
August 2009	39.1	47.0	42.3
September 2009	47.7	56.3	39.2
October 2009	46.7	51.1	42.7

3.      Indexes reflecting support for the President, the Premier and the ruling party (KMT) from January 2009 to date:

	President Ma Ying-jeou	Premier  Liu Chao-shiuan	KMT
January 2009	48.4	44.2	41.3
February 2009	51.0	46.5	46.0
March 2009	48.8	44.1	42.2
April 2009	51.7	44.9	43.4
May 2009	52.6	48.4	44.3
June 2009	49.4	46.6	43.2
July 2009	47.6	45.3	42.2
August 2009	42.0	35.5	39.9
September 2009	47.8	49.2 (Wu Den-yih)	46.0
October 2009	46.5	51.4	42.1

4.      Breakdown of the Political Optimism Index (POI) from January 2009 to date:

	Index for political stability for the month to come	Index for relaxation of cross-Strait relations for the month to come
January 2009	37.8	61.4
February 2009	42.5	61.4
March 2009	40.1	61.9
April 2009	42.8	62.7
May 2009	42.1	64.4
June 2009	48.7	62.6
July 2009	44.9	63.4
August 2009	30.8	63.1
September 2009	48.0	64.5
October	41.0	61.2

5.      Indexes reflecting support for the opposition party (DDP) and its chairperson from January 2009 to date:

	DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen	DPP
January 2009	42.5	35.5
February 2009	41.9	32.9
March 2009	41.7	33.5
April 2009	41.2	32.6
May 2009	40.7	32.6
June 2009	40.6	36.2
July 2009	42.5	36.2
August 2009	45.1	39.5
September 2009	43.5	34.8
October 2009	46.1	39.3

6.      Figures for the Economic Optimism Index and the Current Economic Situation Index from January 2009 to date:

	Current Economic Situation Index (CESI)	Economic Optimism Index (EOI)
January 2009	20.6	33.1
February 2009	21.7	36.1
March 2009	22.7	40.9
April 2009	24.2	46.6
May 2009	27.4	46.5
June 2009	26.5	43.6
July 2009	25.4	42.3
August 2009	25.4	35.8
September 2009	26.5	45.8
October 2009	27.4	45.6

7.      Breakdown of the Current Economic Situation Index (CESI) from January 2009 to date:

	Index for current state of domestic economy	Index for current state of personal finances
January 2009	11.6	29.6
February 2009	11.8	31.5
March 2009	14.3	31.0
April 2009	17.6	30.8
May 2009	21.5	33.2
June 2009	20.8	32.1
July 2009	19.2	31.6
August 2009	18.5	32.2
September 2099	20.7	32.3
October 2009	21.9	32.8

8.      Breakdown of the Economic Optimism Index (EOI) from January 2009 to date:

	Index for domestic economic improvement in the month to come	Index for improvement in personal financial situation in the month to come
January 2009	32.0	34.2
February 2009	34.8	37.4
March 2009	41.2	40.5
April 2009	49.6	43.5
May 2009	50.0	42.9
June 2009	45.9	41.2
July 2009	44.2	40.4
August 2009	33.0	38.6
September 2009	47.7	43.8
October 2009	46.7	44.4

Note: The latest poll was conducted from October 14 to 16 with 1,006 people surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.1 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: Global Views Survey Research Center (GVSRC)

http://www.gvm.com.tw/gvsrc/tpmi/tpmi_200910.pdf

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