Where is the DPP Concentrating Its Firepower?
Where is the ruling DPP focusing its campaigning firepower, with less than three weeks to go to Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections?
Where is the ruling DPP focusing its campaigning firepower, with less than three weeks to go to Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections?
Too busy to catch this week’s Taiwan presidential debate? We kept score–but we barely stayed awake.
Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held a rally for local legislator candidates in Taipei’s Da’an Park on Friday evening following a tumultuous couple of weeks in Taiwan politics in the run up to January’s presidential election. The event, Taiwan Rock, seemed aimed at attracting young voters with its innovative format and sharply focused one-word message: Vote.
Taiwan’s January elections are just around the corner. Can the DPP hold their majority, can the KMT reclaim control, or will third parties dash both their hopes?
Taiwanese perceptions of maintaining diplomatic recognition are influenced by views of China and concerns about aid requests from recognizing countries, with little variation by party. However, party identification largely explains who the public blames for recent diplomatic losses.