The Taiwan Foundation for Public Opinion (TFPO) held a nationwide poll for April on Tuesday (27), with the theme of “International Situation, Cross-Strait Relations and Taiwan’s Political Situation”.
In Taiwan, nearly a year into President Tsai Ing-wen’s second term in office, a new poll shows that 54 percent of Taiwanese over the age of 20 largely approve of the way Tsai is handling the country’s major policies, while 30 percent disapprove, 24 percentage points more than those who disapprove. (Fang Dehao reports)
The Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation (TPOF) held a nationwide poll on Tuesday (27), with the theme of “International Situation, Cross-Strait Relations and Taiwan’s Political Situation”. The foundation’s chairman, Yu Ying-lung, said that the results of the Tsai-Su poll showed that Tsai Ing-wen’s second term has been in office for nearly a year, but her popularity remains high, and the country’s leadership style continues to be affirmed and supported by a clear majority of adults.
However, compared to last month, Tsai’s “Presidential Job Approval Rating” has dropped 4 percentage points, and her “Presidential Job Disapproval Rating” has dropped 4 percentage points. Overall, this represents a significant drop of 6.8 percentage points in those who approve of her approach to national leadership compared to those who disapprove. In other words, after experiencing the emergence and impact of domestic and international events over the past month or so, Tsai’s overall public support has shown a significant downward trend.
According to the analysis of Ying-Lung Yau, on the whole, Tsai’s popularity, which has remained high for a long time, was already at the end of its rope four months ago; the downward trend of public support is obvious, and it would have been possible to strongly stabilize the significant decline only if there were not major incidental factors, such as China’s crackdown on Taiwan’s pineapples in March, and the high-profile visit to Taiwan by an unofficial delegation led by U.S. President Joe Biden’s close friend Chris Dodd in April.
As for the public reaction to Executive President Su’s performance, the latest public opinion shows that among Taiwanese adults over 20 years old, about 54% are basically satisfied with Su’s overall administration performance, while 36% are dissatisfied. Those who are satisfied are 18 percentage points more than those who are dissatisfied.
This is the 56th monthly routine poll on major issues since the foundation’s establishment. The survey period is April 19-21, 2021; the survey is conducted on adults over 20 years old throughout Taiwan; the sampling method is based on the sampling structure of all residential telephone subscribers in Taiwan, using systematic sampling plus a two-code tail random sampling method; the valid sample is 1,021 people; the sampling error is about plus or minus 3.07 percentage points at 95% confidence level. The sample was weighted by region, gender, age and education level according to the latest demographic data from the Ministry of the Interior to match the parent structure. The source of funding is the Taiwan Public Opinion Education Foundation (TPOF).
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