There is a sea change going on in Taiwan’s politics and the country is looking for a new paradigm. I think a higher percentage of the population will opt for a new party over the two old, tired ones, than most people expect.
It is difficult to project whether the political landscape will dramatically change, but what we can say now, is that young voters are no longer considered apolitical in the Taiwan voter spectrum.
I’ve had the good fortune to meet some of the best and brightest in analyzing Taiwan. For fun, I threw out a bet challenge to 29 of them on predicting Taiwan’s Legislative elections outcome.
這次的立委選戰關鍵在哪裡？台灣政權的轉移會導致什麼樣的結果，以及哪一些地區會因為藍綠的鬥爭而爆冷門？台灣政治評論家 Solidarity 與 Donovan Smith 告訴你本週最矚目的十個件事關於這次立委選舉。
Lin Tsang-min is defending a district the KMT absolutely has to keep if it wishes to preserve a legislative majority. DPP Huang Hsiu-fang is expected to win. The result here will be a great indicator of how the night goes for all of Taiwan.
“Be here, don’t miss a second!” is the slogan on Elect.tw’s facebook graphic, and as it suggests, it’s basically the site to follow along with the elections as if you were actually in Taiwan.