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Poll shows DPP favorite for Taiwan presidency, KMT for legislature. TPP's Ko down about 10 points according to new poll, KMT's Hou continues to rise.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Lai Ching-te (賴清德) remains frontrunner for presidential race new poll, results show Kuomintang (KMT) taking the most legislative seats, while, support for Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) fall nearly ten points compared to last month. KMT candidate Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) continues to gain ground on the DPP’s Lai.

Formosa released poll on Monday Dec-4 showed Lai ahead with 36.6%, followed by Hou 30.5%, and Ko with 17.7%. Lai’s support is up around five points from last month’s poll, while Hou is steadily building support since it bottomed out at 17% in August.

Poll was taken days after TPP and KMT failed to agree on a joint presidential run in Nov 2023. Interviews were used to survey 1,076 people throughout each of Taiwan’s cities and counties, producing a 3% margin of error.

On parties themselves, 43.4% of respondents said they wanted to see change for ruling party after next year’s election, while 33.4% said DPP should remain. Of those who said they wanted a change, about 29% said KMT should hold the presidency and 14.5% said TPP, with the remaining responses unclear.

Meanwhile, out of the three candidates, just under 33% said they would never vote for Lai, while about 25% said the same for Ko, and 17% said the same for Hou.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5052440

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