Ko, Gou and Hou are the three main opposition presidential candidates. Blue is the KMT’s party color, while white refers to the TPP. From left, New Party legislative candidates You Chih-pin, Wang Wan-pang and Mikakag Lifuk hold a news conference in Taipei yesterday. It would be dangerous for the KMT to even consider pursuing a KMT-TPP partnership without Hou in the picture, Jaw said, adding that Hou enjoys a support rating of at least 15 percent. “If he did, people need not vote for him; they can just vote for the DPP,” Jaw said.