Taipei County is the largest "granary of votes" in the country, with the number of eligible voters standing at over 2.67 million, or about one-sixth of the country's total population, county government officials said yesterday.
Officials from Taipei County's Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics said that the voting rate in the county was 83.77 percent in the 2000 presidential election. Based on this figure, some 2.24 million voters are expected to cast their ballots in the March 20 election.
Of the 2.67 million voters in the county, about 80 percent, or some 2.16 million voters, live in the 10 cities scattered around the county.
Breaking the figure down by age, about half of the county's voters are between 20 and 40 years old. However, in the more remote areas of the county, elderly voters aged over 60 tend to account for a higher percentage, the officials said.
In terms of education background, voters with a high school level of education make up the largest group at 31.32 percent of the total, followed by those with a junior high school education at 17.44 percent, university graduates at 16.67 percent, junior college graduates at 16.12 percent, and those with an elementary school level of education at 15.87 percent.
Broken down by occupation, voters employed in the manufacturing sector make up the largest group at 29.09 percent, followed by those employed in the wholesale or retail sectors at 18.38 percent, and those in the construction sector at 8.30 percent.
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