Common Wealth Magazine Public Opinion Poll (2010 National Condition)

Common Wealth Magazine Public Opinion Poll

Topic: 2010 National Condition

(December 15, 2009)

1.      Do you think your economic status will be better or worse in the coming year?

Better	30%
Worse	30%
The same	30%
Don’t know	9%
Declined to respond	1%

2.      In the coming year, are you worried that you or a family member will become unemployed?

Yes	56%
No	42%
Don’t know	1%
Declined to respond	1%

3.      Are you satisfied with Taiwan’s current economic situation?

Satisfied	21%
Dissatisfied	73%
Don’t know	5%
Declined to respond	1%

4.      Do you think Taiwan’s future development is optimistic or pessimistic?

Optimistic	43%
Pessimistic	47%
Don’t know	9%
Declined to respond	1%

5.      Do you think Taiwan’s poverty gap is serious or not?

Serious	93%
Not serious	5%
Don’t know	2%

6.      Do you understand the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)?

Yes	30%
No	67%
Don’t know	3%

7.      In general, do you think signing a cross-Strait ECFA will be beneficial or harmful to Taiwan?

Beneficial to Taiwan	53%
Harmful to Taiwan	33%
Don’t know	13%
Declined to respond	1%

8.      Do you think that cross-Strait political negotiations should be held to achieve mutual recognition during the tenure of President Ma Ying-jeou?

Yes	57%
No	26%
Don’t know	13%
Declined to respond	4%

9.      Do you think that any cross-Strait political negotiations should be put to a plebiscite in advance?

Yes	64%
No	31%
Don’t know	4%
Declined to respond	1%

10.  Do you think the government’s response to climate change is sufficiently proactive?

Sufficient	15%
Insufficient	76%
Don’t know	8%
Declined to respond	1%

11.  Are you satisfied with President Ma Ying-jeou’s performance over the past and half year?

Satisfied	27%
Dissatisfied	66%
Don’t know	6%
Declined to respond	1%

12.  Are you satisfied with Premier Wu Den-yih’s performance?

Satisfied	37%
Dissatisfied	37%
Don’t know	24%
Declined to respond	2%

13.  Which items do you think the government must improve?

Top three items: 55% of respondents chose “improving the economy,” 25% “narrowing the poverty gap,” and 20% “improving public order.”

14.  If you have the chance, do you want to work on the Mainland?

Yes	38%
No	58%
Don’t know	3%
Declined to respond	1%

15.  Would you send your children to the Mainland for schooling?

Yes	29%
No	57%
Never thought of this question	9%
Don’t know	4%
Declined to respond	1%

16.  Do you worry that Taiwan’s economy is over-reliant on the Mainland?

Yes	61%
No	32%
Don’t know	5%
Declined to respond	2%

17.  Over the long-term, what do you expect the relations between Taiwan and Mainland will be?

Taiwan independence as soon as possible	11%
Maintain the status quo, and move toward Taiwan independence	33%
Maintain the status quo, and move toward unification	10%
Unification as soon as possible	2%
Maintain the status quo forever	35%
Don’t know/ declined to respond	9%

18.  What do you think is the biggest crisis in Taiwan?

The three items chosen the most were “Taiwan’s economic recession and the widening poverty gap,” “vicious political struggles,” and “political graft and corruption.”

19.  Who do you think is most responsible for Taiwan’s crisis?

President	21%
Ruling party	20%
Opposition parties	4%
Mass media	4%
Executive Yuan (Cabinet)	2%
Elected officials in deliberative councils at all levels	1%
Citizens themselves	21%
Others	21%
Don’t know	5%
Declined to respond	1%

20.  Do you think Ma Ying-jeou has succeeded in making the KMT a clean and upright party?

Yes	18%
No	61%
Don’t know	19%
Declined to respond	2%

21.  After Tsai Ing-wen became the Chairperson of the DPP, do you think she has given the DPP a clear vision for the future?

Yes	33%
No	43%
Don’t know	22%
Declined to respond	2%

22.  Which political party do you support?

KMT	19%
DPP	12%
Don’t support any specific political party	61%

23.  Do you think you are 台灣人（Taiwanese）, 中國人（Chinese）, or both?

台灣人（Taiwanese）	62%
中國人（Chinese）	8%
Both	22%

[Editor’s Note:]

From 2000 to 2008, the DPP government twisted the word 中國（China） to mean “People’s Republic of China”, and the word 中國人（Chinese） to mean “citizens of the People’s Republic of China.” Consequently, in recent surveys on national identity when the question “Are you 中國人（Chinese）?” was asked, some respondents may have thought they were being asked whether they considered themselves as “citizens of the People’s Republic of China,” instead of whether they considered themselves as “part of the 中華民族（Chinese nation）.”

Global Views Magazine conducted a survey on July 21^st, 2009, and asked, “Do you think you are part of the 中華民族（Chinese nation）? ”

Yes	80.2%
No	8.8%
No opinion/ Don’t Know	11%

Source: Global Views Magazine Public Opinion Poll Center

http://www.gvm.com.tw/gvsrc/200907_GVSRC_others.pdf

Note: The latest poll was conducted from December 6 to 8 with 1,090 people surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.0 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: Global Views Survey Research Center (GVSRC)

Common Wealth Magazine, No. 437, pp.56-63. 

http://www.cw.com.tw/article/index.jsp?id=39740

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