Pan-Blue Municipalities Rise in Satisfaction Survey|民調:縣巿長滿意度 綠營僅1人擠進前6

So how will the year-end elections turn out? Commonwealth Magazine recently conducted a satisfaction poll for all mayors and magistrates. Coming in first was Lienchiang County Magistrate Liu Cheng-ying, followed by Taitung County Magistrate Justin Huang,and Hualien County Magistrate Fu Kun-chi came in third. Cheng Wen-tsan, who ranked fourth, was the only pan-green mayor or magistrate to make it into the top six.


Commonwealth Magazine recently conducted a satisfaction survey for Taiwan's mayors and magistrates. Lienchiang County, Taitung County and Hualien County rounded out the top three. Taoyuan City came in fourth and was the only pan-green municipality to make the top six, but ranked first among the six special municipalities. Overall, pan-blue municipalities rose in the rankings while pan-green municipalities fell. The connection between this and public dissatisfaction with the performance of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party can't be ignored.

This is our fourth year in power, and it can be regarded as our final grade. We will work harder to silently improve Taoyuan. We will grade ourselves on this.

In the last two years, Chen Chu, William Lai and Lin Tsung-hsien all left their municipal posts for positions in the central government. Their replacements in, respectively, Kaohsiung City, Tainan City and Yilan County all placed at the bottom of the ranking. Apart from lower visibility, the acting mayors and magistrate in these municipalities lack charisma. Respondents appeared to cast votes based on individuals and not party affiliation.

Acting Mayor Hsu Li-ming is not an elected official, so of course he is not as well-known. We have to humbly face the results of the survey in the areas where the city government is lacking.

Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je ranked 22nd two years ago and rose to 14th last year. This year, he came in 12th but topped the national ranking when readers were asked to rate the heads of municipalities other than their own. Analysts say Ko's rising popularity is a reflection of public dissatisfaction with both the pan-green and pan-blue camps.

How do you feel about coming in first? We will keep working harder. I will only get better, don't you worry.

Commonwealth also polled readers on President Tsai Ing-wen, whose satisfaction rating has fallen steadily for two straight years from 51.8 percent two years ago to 33.1 percent last year to 30.7 percent this year. Tsai's dissatisfaction rating was also over two times higher than her satisfaction rating.