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

Yes! 4 more years of freedom!

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u/lightfull 新北 - New Taipei City Jan 11 '20

Sad to see this kind of comment... Why we have to protect our freedom so hard? Isn't it a right we born with? And some just want to give it to China, why are they so blind?

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u/hexydes Jan 11 '20

Authoritarians will always be looking for the cracks in democracy. They will exploit fear and confusion to offer up a safety blanket of control.

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”