| |  DPP wins Kaosiung and loses Taipei. All in all the Pan-Blues lose more seats in government for the 10th year in a row.
Taiwan Election Index
Taiwan Election Index:
KMT margin of victory, Taipei, 1998: 5%
KMT margin of victory, Taipei, 2002: 28%
KMT margin of victory, Taipei, 2006: 13%
Percentage vote for DPP in Taipei, 1994: 43
Percentage vote for DPP in Taipei, 1998: 45
Percentage vote for DPP in Taipei, 2002: 37
Percentage vote for DPP in Taipei, 2006: 40
Number of votes KMT Taipei Mayor candidate Ma Ying-jeou received in 2002 election: 873,102
Number of votes KMT Taipei Mayor candidate Hau Lung-bin received in Saturday's election: 692,085
Number of votes KMT Taipei Mayor candidate Hau Lung-bin received in Saturday's election: 692,085
Number of votes DPP Taipei Mayor candidate Frank Hsieh received in Saturday's election:525,869
Number of votes for "independent" mayoral candidate James Soong, Chairman of the PFP: 53,281
Number of City Council seats lost by Soong' s PFP: 6
Number of votes for independent Taipei mayoral candidate Li Ao, who recently gassed the legislature: 7,795
Number of patients escaped from mental institutions in and around Taipei last week: 7,794*
Number of votes for DPP Kaohsiung Mayor candidate Chen Chu: 379,417
Margin of victory of DPP Kaohsiung mayor candidate Chen Chu in Saturday's election:1,114
Number of votes for DPP-allied TSU Kaohsiung mayor candidate Lo Chih-ming in Saturday's election: 6,599
Number of seats gained by DPP on Taipei City Council: 1
Number of seats gained by DPP-allied TSU on Taipei City Council: 2
Number of seats gained by KMT on Taipei City Council: 4
Number of seats lost by KMT-allied PFP on Taipei City Council: 6
Number of seats lost by KMT-allied New Party on Taipei City Council:1
Number of seats gained, DPP and allies: 3
Number of seats gained, KMT and allies: -3
Number of seats gained by DPP on Kaohsiung City Council: 1
Number of seats gained by KMT on Kaohsiung City Council: 5
From: http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/2006/12/taiwan-election-index.html
Other Interesting Articles:
Tim Maddog takes a look at the biased media inside and outside of Taiwan. Many are sensational and subtly designed to influence the perception of the reader.
http://indiac.blogspot.com/2006/12/who-will-observe-taiwan-observers.html
ESWN collects polls in Taiwan and sorts them. Note that most of his polls are from Pan Blue stations and newspapers, which almost always predict a huge win for the KMT. The reason they do this is because historically in democracies, people tend not to vote for those they perceive won't win anyway. Interestingly enough, Pan Green leaning newspaper, Liberty Times is most accurate and as usual the Pan Blue polls are way off.
Here: http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20061209_1.htm
Ma accuses the Pan Greens of election tricks even though he personally sponsored the Anti-President-Chen campaign similar to the Anti-Mayor-Chen campaign a few years back. He calls them unethical despite the double standards.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/12/10/2003339843
Comments:
I'm unable to post all the time now that I'm fully involved with various projects and organizations. However I point you to these excellent sites:
http://michaelturton.blogspot.com
http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com
http://www.etaiwannews.com
And remember, smart people read between the lines and utilize independent thinking. Idiots blindly spout whatever comes out of their parents, peers, and party.
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