Efforts by Ting Shou-chung of the KMT to invalidate Taipei mayoral elections continue, despite that a recount already affirmed Ko as the victor of 2018 Taipei mayoral elections...
Ko Wen-je barely clinched the Taipei mayorship yesterday night, winning by several thousand votes over KMT candidate Ting Shou-chung. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), Ko won with 580,820 votes, while Ting lost with 577,566 votes. This puts Ko just over 3,300 votes ahead of Ting, a narrow victory by any means. How should we interpret this narrow win?...
With mayorship of all of Taiwan’s six special municipalities up for the vote in 2018 local elections, the DPP looks like it may have a tough time holding onto its current political dominance in four out of the six municipalities. Some take the view that DPP losses in these municipalities will allow the KMT to rebuild momentum, which is why DPP losses could be worrying...
It seems that a last-minute curveball has been thrown into Taipei mayoral elections, with increasing contemplation of the possibility that Ting Shou-Chung will win as Taipei mayor...
The televised Taipei mayoral debate broadcast last Saturday was, overall, a non-starter between the five current Taipei mayoral candidates, with no serious debate taking place. However, Ko Wen-Je appears to have been the clear winner, with the other candidates articulating no clear political vision of their own but instead focusing on attacking Ko...
Some of the worst tendencies of Taiwanese would be on display in Taipei mayoral elections in both the pan-Blue and pan-Green opposition to Taipei mayor Ko Wen-Je. Namely, both DPP candidate Pasuya Yao and KMT candidate Ting Shou-Chung have taken to making a number of promises they cannot keep if they are elected mayor...
Strange, laughable efforts by the KMT to win over youth voters continue, with a spate of high-profile KMT politicians attempting to appeal to young people through hip hop...
ROC National Day commemorations took place today with official celebrations and some protests. Protest activity was not as intense compared to past years, however. Likewise, controversies resulting from statements by Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen or other politicians were fairly minor...
The Taipei mayoral election continues to be a political minefield for independents, with clashes in the Third Force regarding the New Power Party’s stance on current mayor Ko Wen-Je...
Going into 2018 local elections, what has become increasingly clear is that the KMT hopes to appeal to young people. The Tsai administration and DPP rode into power in 2016 presidential and legislative elections with the support of young people in the two years following the Sunflower Movement and the KMT is hoping to replicate this. This has not been very successful to date...
