TAIPEI (TVBS News) — A new poll by Formosa Magazine, released on Wednesday (Nov. 29), indicates the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is leading the 2024 Taiwan presidential race, followed by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People's Party (TPP).
The DPP's presidential candidate, Lai Ching-te, and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim, hold a 36.3% approval rating. In comparison, the KMT's contenders, Hou Yu-ih and his vice-presidential candidate Jaw Shaw-Kong, have a 31.0% approval rating.
Meanwhile, TPP's Ko Wen-je and his running mate Cynthia Wu have secured 18% support.
Regarding party support, 32.4% of respondents favor the DPP continuing to govern, 28.9% support the KMT taking control, and 14.8% back the TPP's leadership.
When considering an alternation of ruling parties, 37.8% are in favor of voting for the opposition party leading in the polls, while 51.4% disagree with this idea.
Among committed supporters, 20.5% expressed unwavering support for the Lai-Hsiao ticket. Hou and Jaw received 20.0%, and Ko and Wu had 9.1%. However, 41.9% of voters did not express strong allegiance to any candidate.
Also, 4.4% of respondents intend not to vote or to spoil their ballots, and 4.1% remain undecided.
The poll, conducted from Nov. 24 to Nov. 28, 2023, used the Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) method and successfully interviewed 1,476 people with a 95% confidence level.
