| Summary: | 碩士 === 南華大學 === 國際事務與企業學系亞太研究碩士班 === 107 === Tsai Ing-wen’s call to maintain the status quo in the 2016 presidential election finally won the election and led the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to win a majority of seats in Congress for the first time, marking an epoch-making page in Taiwans political history. However, after taking office, Tsai Ing-wen was unable to maintain the status quo because of the denial of the 1992 consensus, failed to continue the communication of cross-strait relations. The significant reduction of tourists from mainland China and sluggish sales of agricultural products caused a great blow to Taiwans economy. She also strongly promoted the so-called selective transformation justice. She appointed many controversial figures as government officers refused to appoint the president of National Taiwan University, coupled with the inadequate disaster reliefs caused by Typhoon and flood, wrong labor’s revised policy, as well as the incorrect energy policy led to air pollution and unstable power supply, which led her popularity to hit a record low and finally failed the Mayor’s election of 2018.
However, even if the DPP still won 40% of the votes in this election. Why did Tsai Ing-wen, who was so improperly in power, still get so much support? This paper argues that it is because Tsai Ing-wen and her affiliated DPP still use ethnic identity as the main issue to run the election campaigns. No matter how unfavorable the ruling is, the supporters still vote in tears. This inference will be validated by a questionnaire survey.
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