United Daily News (The approval ratings of Ma Ying-jeou and Tsai Ing-wen)

United Daily News

(December 7, 2009)

Survey Topic: The approval ratings of Ma Ying-jeou and Tsai Ing-wen

1. President Ma Ying-jeou’s approval ratings:

	Satisfaction	Dissatisfaction	No opinion
May 20, 2008 President Ma inaugurated	66%	10%	24%
June 19, 2008 One month after President Ma took office	50%	30%	20%
July 17, 2008 Two months after President Ma took office	40%	43%	17%
August 25, 2008 100 days after President Ma took office	47%	37%	16%
November 18, 2008 Six months after President Ma took office	37%	46%	17%
May 18, 2009 Ma’s first anniversary as President	52%	33%	15%
August 18, 2009 After the 8/8 Flood	29%	54%	17%
September 7, 2009 Cabinet resigned en mass	34%	45%	21%
December 6, 2009 After the city mayor and county executive elections	33%	49%	18%

2. DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen’s approval ratings:

	Satisfaction	Dissatisfaction	No opinion
November 6, 2008 Chen Yun-lin’s visit to Taiwan	32%	43%	25%
May 18, 2009 Rally against Ma Ying-jeou	27%	46%	27%
December 6, 2009 After the city mayor and county executive elections	43%	24%	33%

Note: The public opinion poll was conducted from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm on December 6 with 1,066 people over 20 years of age successfully surveyed and 340 people declining to be surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.0 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: United Daily News

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT3/5293324.shtml

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