Hu Leads in Taichung with 43%, Lai in Tainan with 44%

Hu Leads in Taichung with 43%, Lai in Tainan with 44%

Source: United Daily News
October 1, 2010

The United Daily News (UND) released a survey today on the voting preferences in the up-coming elections in Taichung Special Municipality (a merger of Taichung City and County) and Tainan Special Municipality (a merger of Tainan City and County). The survey showed no significant changes in the Taichung Special Municipality Mayoral election as incumbent Taichung City Mayor Jason C. Hu, the Kuomintang (KMT) candidate for reelection, received a support rating of 43 percent, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Su Jia-chyuan received a support rating of 25 percent, while 29 percent of the electorate remained undecided. Compared with a previous UND poll on the mayoral election for greater Taichung released in early June, Hu’s support rating had dropped three percentage points while Su’s support rating and the percentage of undecided voters remained almost unchanged.

As for the Tainan Special Municipality Mayoral election, DPP candidate William Lai Ching-te, currently a DPP legislator (Tainan City Electoral District 2), led the race with a 44 percent support rating, down from 57 percent in early May, while his KMT opponent Kuo Tien-tsai raised his support rating from 15 percent to 20 percent. The gap in their support ratings had narrowed from 42 percentage points to 24 points.

United Daily News Public Opinion Poll

Survey Topic: Taichung & Tainan Special Municipality Mayoral Elections

Taichung Special Municipality	Support Rating	Tainan Special Municipality	Support Rating
Jason Hu (KMT)	43%	William Lai Ching-te (DPP)	44%
Su Jia-chyuan (DPP)	25%	Kuo Tien-tsai (KMT)	20%
Undecided	29%	Undecided	33%

Note: The public opinion poll was conducted from September 28 to 29 with 812 people over 20 years of age whose domiciles are in Taichung City or Taichung County successfully surveyed and 816 people over 20 years of age whose domiciles are in Tainan City or Tainan County successfully surveyed while 301 and 337 people declined to be surveyed, respectively. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.5 % with a 95% confidence interval.

Source: http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NATS2/5882211.shtml

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