STATE OF TAIPEI MAYOR ELECTION / CHIANG WANAN IS LOCATING IN THE ELECTIONS AS THE KUOMINTANG STRUGGLES TO MAKE CHANGES AND SILENT VOTERS BECOME IMPORTANT

There is a tough race for the post of mayor of Taipei in Taiwan’s local elections at the end of the year. United Daily Newsvoting It stands out among the mayors of Taipei in terms of political performance and popularity.xiang wannan Although this is higher than Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Boyang, the support shows that Shen Boyang is slightly ahead by 4 percentage points. On the other hand, survey results show that 13% of voters have still not expressed their support, and blue camp supporters have become silent. In the final months of the election, whether Jiang Wannan can inspire the enthusiasm of his supporters, especially attract youth votes, will be the key to the decisive battle.

Since the beginning of the election campaign, threads, which are popular among young and middle-aged people, have become a “blue bird’s nest” style. Shen Boyang’s power to protect is very strong. Any comments that criticize Shane’s previous death, questioning the urine screening and other testing on campus, will be heavily criticized. Jiang Wannan also posted on Facebook questioning Shen’s past drug use, which attracted more than 620,000 offensive messages.

At the same time, Jiang Wannan’s words and actions are examined with “infinite magnification”, and he is easily convicted. The community is inundated with maliciously edited videos and pictures every day. From Jiang Wannan’s life experience, observing whether to take off shoes in kindergarten, saying “including” several times in the program interview, and the posture of holding a broom, all these have become the subject of green camp attack. Even artist Tsai Kang-yong’s posts and platform forums described Jiang Wannan’s campaign headquarters inaugural meeting as “forced” like the actions of the Red Guards without any evidence, causing supporters of the blue camp to become more conservative in their stance and even become silent.

According to the latest poll released by this newspaper, 90% of DPP supporters support Shen, butKuomintang However, only 86% of supporters expressed support for Chiang, suggesting that Shen Boyang successfully mobilized the “cohesion” of Green camp supporters.

However, Chiang Wannan still has the advantage. Surveys show that 79% of people think life in Taipei is going well overall, and 50% are satisfied with Chiang Wannan’s performance as mayor. On the other hand, only 39% of Taipei voters approve of Shen Boyang’s performance as a legislator. This shows that although the Green camp has fiercely attacked Taipei’s municipal issues, Chiang Wannan’s rule has not created large gaps, and satisfaction with his rule is not bad.

Furthermore, nearly 60% of young voters under the age of 40 are attracted to Shen Boyang’s municipal vision. Why are Chiang Wannan’s political achievements not recognized by young people? How to publicize its four-year political achievements, put forward a vision of the future that can attract youth, create a sense of pride for the Blue Army, attract supporters to return, stabilize the “blue is bigger than green” structure in the northern city, and break the current impasse. This is Chiang Wannan’s top priority in the next month.

Although Shen Boyang is currently in the lead, surveys also show that the green camp’s support for Shen Boyang has reached a peak of 90%. The key to breaking the upper limit of the Green camp’s base over the past month lies in the middle voters. This is the area that Shen Boyang, who is pushing for a large-scale recall, wants most.