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進入《TAIPEI TIMES》 Chen Shih-chung leads in Taipei poll, but nearly one-quarter still undecided
Democratic Progressive Party Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shih-chung, center on stage, attends a rally of pharmaceutical industry representatives in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
By Chen Yun and Lin Liang-sheng / Staff reporters
More than 30 percent of eligible voters would cast their ballot for Democratic Progressive Party （DPP） Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shih-chung （陳時中） if the local elections were held tomorrow, compared with 22.92 percent for Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） candidate Chiang Wan-an （蔣萬安） and 20.52 percent for independent candidate Vivian Huang （黃珊珊）, a poll conducted by the Liberty Times （the Taipei Times’ sister paper） showed yesterday.
The poll found that 23.83 percent were undecided, while 2.6 percent refused to answer.
Cross-analysis of the data showed that support for Chen, at 30.13 percent overall, was behind his opponents among voters aged 20 to 49.
However, his support rating among voters aged 30 or older was between 13 and 22 percent.
Chiang’s support rating among voters aged 50 to 59 was 25 percent, the highest among all age groups.
Huang was the most popular candidate among voters aged 20 to 29, with a support rating of 33.79 percent.
The poll, which was conducted from Wednesday to Saturday, collected 1,072 valid samples from Taipei residents and has a margin of error of 2.99 percentage points.
In related news, the KMT yesterday said that Chen and the DPP should apologize to the public over an “inappropriate” election campaign ad to introduce his proposed policy of installing electronic bidet seats in public restrooms.
In the ad, Chen appears to peek over the partition of a restroom stall down at a man sitting on a toilet, the KMT said.
“Peeping is a criminal behavior, not creativity. It should not be encouraged,” KMT Culture and Communications Committee director Hung Meng-kai （洪孟楷） told a news conference.
“However, President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） chose to support and campaign for Chen. This is a president who believes in a candidate who plagiarized his thesis and says nothing about peeping. Are these the core values of the DPP?” Hung said.
KMT Taipei City Councilor Yu Shu-hui （游淑慧） said the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act （公職人員選舉罷免法） should be amended to ban commercials conveying messages of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and invasion of privacy, as they are a bad influence on minors.
“They will look at what Chen has done and ask: ‘Why should we not?’” she said.
“Chen’s campaign has attempted to use farcical ways to drum up media coverage, including making a ‘peeping tom’ film featuring an Internet celebrity. This is an outright abuse of the concept of gender equality,” Yu said.
She also criticized Chen’s campaign pledge to install electronic bidet seats in public restrooms.
“All the plumbing in public restrooms would need to be redone, which would take at least two years. The minimum budget for such a project would be at least NT$500 million [US$16.35 million]. He will also have to negotiate with Taiwan Power Co over the use of electricity,” she said.
DPP spokesperson Lin Chin-yi （林靜儀） said that Chen has apologized for the commercial and uploaded a revised version.
“The plan to install bidet seats in public restrooms aims to elevate the quality of public restrooms, which is an indicator of an advanced city. We hope that our opponent focuses on the policy itself, rather than deliberately highlighting and criticizing some minor details,” she said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） Taipei mayoral candidate Chiang Wan-an, front right, attends a rally organized by the Taipei Business Women Association in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
Independent Taipei mayoral candidate Vivian Huang, second left, campaigns for Taiwan People’s Party Taipei City Councilor candidate Huang Ching-ying, first left, in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chu Wei-hsiung, Taipei Times
