The results of a recent survey gauging support for candidates in next month’s Taoyuan mayoral election showed that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taoyuan County Commissioner John Wu (吳志揚) would be the winner if the election were held tomorrow.
The survey, conducted by the Chinese-language United Daily News, showed that Wu enjoys 48 percent support, more than 23 percentage points ahead of his main rival, Democratic Progressive Party candidate Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦).
Independent candidate Hsu Jui-chih (許睿智) received only 1 percent, while 25 percent of those polled were undecided, the survey showed.
Analysis of the polls showed Wu enjoyed 78 percent support from those identifying with the pan-blue camp and 25 percent from those identifying with the pan-green camp. Cheng received 62 percent support form those identifying with the pan-greens.
Sixty-six percent of those polled said Wu had a high chance of being elected again, while 8 percent felt that Cheng would be elected. Only 1 percent thought it was possible for Hsu to win.
Wu also surpassed Cheng in terms of support from those who said they were neutral, taking 43 percent, while Cheng polled 18 percent, the survey showed.
The poll also found that attention on who would be Taoyuan’s first mayor — Taoyuan is to be upgraded to a special municipality on Dec. 25 — was not particularly high, with 51 percent of those polled saying they thought that it mattered, while 41 percent did not care.
The survey showed that 51 percent felt that Wu would be the best person to push forward the Taoyuan Aerotropolis project, while 11 percent favored Chen and 1 percent Hsu.
The poll was conducted between Oct. 15 and Oct. 18 on 1,071 county residents with a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
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