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

TVBS Public Opinion Poll

(April 26, 2010)

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

1.     Are you satisfied with President Ma Ying-jeou’s performance?

	Before the Debate (April 21st, 2010)	After the Debate (April 25th, 2010)	+ / -
Satisfied	25%	30%	+5%
Dissatisfied	50%	48%	-2%
No opinion	24%	22%

2.     Do you support the Ma Administration’s efforts to conclude a cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the Mainland?

	Before the Debate (April 21st, 2010)	After the Debate (April 25th, 2010)	+ / -
Yes	38%	41%	+3%
No	36%	33%	-3%
No opinion	26%	26%

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

Yes	41%
No	59%

4.     Who did you think would do better before the debate? Who do you think did better after the debate?

	Before the Debate (April 21st, 2010)	After the Debate (April 25th, 2010)	+ / -
Ma Ying-jeou	24%	46%	+22%
Tsai Ing-wen	28%	34%	+6%
No opinion	48%	20%

5.     As a result of the televised debate on the ECFA, did your understanding of the ECFA improve, worsen or stay the same?

Improved	38%
Worsened	12%
Stayed the same	42%
Don’t know	8%

6.     If Ma Ying-jeou and Tsai Ing-wen run in the 2012 Presidential election, whom would you vote for?

Ma Ying-jeou	38%
Tsai Ing-wen	28%
No opinion	34%

Note: This poll was conducted from 16:30 pm to 19:50 pm on April 25 with 906 people over 20 years of age surveyed and 120 declining to be surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.2 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: TVBS Poll Center

http://www.tvbs.com.tw/FILE_DB/DL_DB/yijung/201004/yijung-20100426095221.pdf

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