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can wang shijian win the 2026 taipei mayoral election? guo zhengliang asserts "no": jiang wanan has no opponent

2024-09-12

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china taiwan network quoted taiwanese media reports on the 11th, pointing out that in the 2026 "nine-in-one" county and city mayoral election polls, in taipei city, dpp possible candidate and legislator wang shih-chien has the highest support rate among possible candidates of the same party with 34.5%, but if he faces the current kmt taipei mayor chiang wan-an, he will lag behind chiang wan-an with 32.3% support to chiang wan-an's 53.7%. however, former legislator guo zhengliang asserted that "wang shih-chien will not run for election." he also pointed out that chiang wan-an and the current kmt taoyuan mayor chang shan-cheng have no opponents, and "no matter how hard the dpp tries, it will be useless."

the 2026 taiwan "nine-in-one" election has already begun. the latest poll shows that among the dpp's possible candidates for taipei mayor, legislator wang shih-chien leads with 34.5%, ahead of lin chia-lung, head of taiwan's foreign affairs department, with 18.2%, and legislator wu si-yao with 17.0%. if facing the incumbent chiang wan-an, wang shih-chien will receive 32.3% of the support, which is the smallest gap compared to chiang wan-an's 52.7%.

guo zhengliang said on the 11th, "wang shih-chien will not run for election because his strengths are supervision, not municipal construction." guo zhengliang also admitted that the dpp did not have a candidate in taipei city with the strength of former taiwan leader chen shui-bian, and has not seen one since. therefore, "jiang wan-an and chang shan-cheng have no opponents, and no matter how hard the dpp tries, it will be useless." even if dpp secretary-general lin you-chang comes, he is not strong enough.

guo zhengliang further pointed out that taipei city is basically in the kmt's favor, and former taipei city mayor ke wenzhe is a peculiar phenomenon because he got votes that the dpp could not get. but guo zhengliang also said that the kmt should worry about whether the dpp will target new taipei city and taichung to seek cases of suspected profiteering. "this is what the kmt should be careful of. the dpp will come to you to find cases."

taiwanese media person huang yangming said that wang shih-chien is now nearly 20 percentage points behind chiang wan-an. wang shih-chien, the "strongest member of the green camp", is currently unable to compete with the current mayor of the blue camp, and the green camp's candidate for taipei mayor may be difficult to produce.

huang yangming also said that wang shijian had a chance, but this time wang shijian "ruined it". he treated ke wenzhe in a humiliating way, sent him chicken and duck rice, puff pastry, and even went to the detention center. ke fans liked wang shijian because they liked the feeling of "love and hate". but when one person is in trouble and the other humiliates him in a very harsh way, this structure is gone.(lin jingxian, strait herald reporter in taiwan)