China Times Public Opinion Poll (ECFA Televised Debate between President Ma Ying-jeou and DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen)

China Times Public Opinion Poll

(April 26, 2010)

Survey Topic: ECFA Televised Debate between President Ma Ying-jeou and DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen

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

Yes	78.3%
No	21.7% (Jump to Question 3)

2.     Overall, do you support the both sides of the Taiwan Strait conclude an ECFA?

Yes	47.5%
No	30.4%
No opinion / Don’t know	22.1%

3.     Did you watch the televised debate between President Ma Ying-jeou and DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen on ECFA?

Yes	53.0%
No	47.0% (End of survey)

4.     Who do you think preformed better overall in the televised debate?

Ma Ying-jeou	41.2%
Tsai Ing-wen	28.1%
Equally well	9.7%
Equally bad	2.3%
Don’t know / No opinion	18.7%

5.     Did the debate help you understand the ECFA?

Yes	65.5%
No	26.3%
No opinion / Don’t know	11.2%

6.     After the debate, did your stance on signing a cross-Strait ECFA change?

No, continue to support	40.4%.
No, continue to oppose	25.2%
No, continue to wait and see / no opinion	22.1%
Yes, from support to oppose	0.5%
Yes, from support to wait and see	0.4%
Yes, from oppose to wait and see	1.0%
Yes, from oppose to support	0.5%
Yes, from wait and see to support	5.9%
Yes, from wait and see to oppose	1.3%
Don’t know / No opinion	2.7%

Note: This poll was conducted from 18:20 pm to 22:00 pm on April 25 with 873 people over 20 years of age surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.4 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: China Times Poll Center

http://news.chinatimes.com/focus/0,5243,50105141x112010042600082,00.html

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