China Times Public Opinion Poll (Possible debate on concluding a cross-Strait ECFA)

China Times Public Opinion Poll

(March 23, 2010)

Survey Topic: Possible debate on concluding a cross-Strait ECFA

1.      Do you know that our government is planning to conclude an ECFA (Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement), or Cross-Strait Economic Agreement, for short, with the Mainland?

Yes	73.6%
No (Jump to question 4)	26.4%

2.      Do you understand the contents of the cross-Strait economic agreement?

Yes, very well	4.0%
Yes, to a degree	29.1%
Not very clear	46.2%
Not at all	20.7%

3.      Overall, do you support the signing of a cross-Strait economic agreement?

Yes	42.6%
No	33.8%
No opinion / Don’t know	23.6%

4.      The Ma administration hopes to conclude a cross-Strait economic agreement before June. Do you think the timing is too early, too late, or just right?

Too early	34.2%
Too late	4.3%
Just right	23.2%
No opinion / Don’t know	38.3%

5.      Do you agree that the government and the DPP should have a public debate on the issue of whether or not to sign a cross-Strait economic agreement?

Yes (continue with question 6)	67.1%
No	13.4%
No opinion / Don’t know	19.5%

6.      Premier Wu Den-yi publicly said that he is willing to participate in a debate on a cross-Strait economic agreement. Who do you think should represent the DPP in the debate?

Tsai Ing-wen	48.1%
Yu Si-kun	4.2%
Su Tseng-chang	25.5%
Others	3.5%
No opinion / Don’t know	18.6%

Note: The poll was conducted on March 22nd with 802 people over 20 years old surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.5 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Sources: China Times Public Opinion Poll

http://news.chinatimes.com/politics/0,5244,50203150x112010032300078,00.html

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