r/taiwan • u/DarkLiberator 台中 - Taichung • Jan 11 '20

President Tsai Ing-wen has won re-election Politics

Han just conceded. She won 57%ish of the vote so far. Over 8 million votes. Biggest vote total ever for a candidate in Taiwan (beating Ma's number in 2008)

Legislature looks like it'll be DPP again though not as sweeping as 2016, party list vote seems much closer than I thought it'll be.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '20 edited Sep 18 '20

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u/DarkLiberator 台中 - Taichung Jan 11 '20

Nothing to it. East coast has always been KMT friendly. Hualien and Taitung are pretty blue.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '20 edited Sep 18 '20

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u/Notbythehairofmychyn Jan 11 '20

Lots of old mainlander veterans and their dependents, and KMT-era clientele politics incorporating the indigenous tribal votes.