EDITORIAL: Hou You-yi faces uphill battleEver since New Taipei City Mayor and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Hou You-yi (侯友宜) dropped to the third place in the polls, political drama and disarray has been rife in the pan-blue camp. Instead Hou, Ko and Gou are locked in a “three-way battle” where the victor could snatch the anti-DPP votes and the chance to take down the DPP’s presidential candidate, Vice President William Lai (賴清德). Hou thought he could repeat his success in the local elections by once again sticking to the middle ground and appealing to independent voters, while relying on KMT voters to rally later in the campaign. Despite past rifts with the KMT, Gou is still considered to be “KMT lineage” by some KMT voters. Second, as Ko continues to close the gap with Lai in the polls, Lai should worry about his lack of growth in support and seek to boost his popularity.
