Global Views Magazine Public Opinion Poll (March 2010)

Global Views Magazine Public Opinion Poll

(March 2010)

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

	Taiwan Public Mood Index (TPMI)	Political Confidence Index (PCI)	Economic Confidence Index (ECI)
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
November 2009	40.7	45.5	35.9
December 2009	40.9	45.3	36.4
January 2010	41.4	45.3	37.4
February 2010	42.9	48.0	37.7
March 2010	42.1	46.5	37.6

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

	Ruling Side Trust Index (RSTI)	Political Optimism Index (POI)	Opposition Side Trust Index (OSTI)
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
November 2009	43.0	49.3	42.8
December 2009	45.5	49.6	46.5
January 2010	42.1	50.2	48.1
February 2010	45.9	51.2	46.4
March 2010	44.3	49.8	46.4

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

	President Ma Ying-jeou	Premier  Liu Chao-shiuan	KMT
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
November 2009	43.9	43.7	41.5
December 2009	43.5	43.4	40.6
January 2010	41.9	45.1	39.3
February 2010	45.6	49.3	42.8
March 2010	44.1	47.3	41.6

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

	Index for political stability for the month to come	Index for relaxation of cross-Strait relations for the month to come
July 2009	44.9	63.4
August 2009	30.8	63.1
September 2009	48.0	64.5
October 2009	41.0	61.2
November 2009	38.2	60.4
December 2009	42.4	56.7
January 2010	41.5	58.8
February 2010	43.4	58.9
March 2010	40.4	59.1

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

	DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen	DPP
July 2009	42.5	36.2
August 2009	45.1	39.5
September 2009	43.5	34.8
October 2009	46.1	39.3
November 2009	46.2	39.4
December 2009	51.8	41.2
January 2010	52.5	43.7
February 2010	51.2	41.6
March 2010	51.9	40.8

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

	Current Economic Situation Index (CESI)	Economic Optimism Index (EOI)
July 2009	25.4	42.3
August 2009	25.4	35.8
September 2009	26.5	45.8
October 2009	27.4	45.6
November 2009	26.8	45.0
December 2009	26.9	45.8
January 2010	27.9	47.0
February 2010	29.0	46.4
March 2010	28.9	46.3

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

	Index for current state of domestic economy	Index for current state of personal finances
July 2009	19.2	31.6
August 2009	18.5	32.2
September 2099	20.7	32.3
October 2009	21.9	32.8
November 2009	20.6	32.9
December 2009	21.6	32.2
January 2010	23.1	32.7
February 2010	24.2	33.8
March 2010	24.0	33.7

8.      Breakdown of the Economic Optimism Index (EOI) from July 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
July 2009	44.2	40.4
August 2009	33.0	38.6
September 2009	47.7	43.8
October 2009	46.7	44.4
November 2009	46.4	43.5
December 2009	48.1	43.5
January 2010	50.8	43.1
February 2010	48.1	44.7
March 2010	48.5	44.0

Note: The latest poll was conducted from March 15 to 17 with 1,007 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_201003.pdf

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