A New Generation of Taiwanese at the Ballot Box

Abstract

1. The KMT thus continued with two themes that had been put forward in the preceding campaign, but which had then been abandoned in favour of a cultural and educational policy that sought to "re-sinicise" Taiwan. 2. The "Ten Year Political Platform" (shinian zhenggang 綱) drawn up by the DPP for the elections reflects this position, while stating that China is just one part of the world. For the section on "trade between the two shores" (liang an jingmao 兩 經 貿), see: http://10.iing.tw/ 2011/08/blog-post_21.html (in Mandarin; consulted on 7 May 2012). 3. The third candidate in the presidential election, Soong Chu-yu, received only 2.77 percent of the vote, and his party, the Qinmindang (親 黨), three of the 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. The Kuomintang got 64 seats and the "green" side 43, of which 40 went to the DPP and three to the Alliance for the Union of Taiwan. Given the weakness of these results and the fact that the legislative elections were largely overshadowed by the presidential contest, this article will deal essentially with the campaigns of Ma Ying-jeou and Tsai Ing-wen. 4. In Taiwan the legal voting age is 20. China p erspe ctiv es Articles A New Generation of Taiwanese at the Ballot Box Young voters and the presidential election of January 2012