Reacting to Wang and Lo's remarks, Lin emphasized that the number of seats a party has in the Legislative Yuan is more important than the individuals in those seats. He also said that the candidates would still have a chance to distinguish themselves once in the legislature.
Wang said that while the PFP would likely be able to implement vote allocation successfully, the New Party's base of support was far too weak to support such a policy.
"The measure needs voters to support the party rather than specific candidates. Reviewing the New Party's case in 1995, most of the New Party's nominees were not well-known and the New Party's voters had no idea whom they were voting for, but the measure helped the party win 21 seats.
"Now, the PFP's situation -- with its supporters supporting the party and not the specific candidates -- might be a good reason for them to practice vote allocation," Wang said.
He said that the DPP may no longer be able to practice the measure successfully.
"The DPP was able to practice the measure successfully six years ago because it didn't have local networks to help mobilize votes. But now many of its nominees have set up their own local networks, which lowers the chances of success of vote allocation [as the local networks are increasingly less willing to share their resources with the party]."
Officials from the PFP denied that they were considering using vote allocation.
New Party spokesman Kao Hsin-wu (高新武) admitted that the party's base of support was too small to make the measure worthwhile. Kao said that he doesn't think the PFP can successfully implement the strategy. "The gaps between the PFP's nominees are too wide. How can they practice allocation successfully?"
The KMT has said that the party would not practice vote allocation in the election.
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