The DPP won Penghu only after a KMT member quit the party to run as an independent, splitting the vote. The only local election where the DPP won in a landslide was in 2014, following the Sunflower movement, which moved the political center of gravity closer to the pan-green camp. On the plus side for the DPP, KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) has little electoral experience, unlike her formidable predecessor, Eric Chu (朱立倫) in 2022. DPP candidates will need to resist the temptation to focus too much on attacking her. The press will put the KMT candidates on the defensive all on their own every time she makes a controversial comment.

Source: Taipei Times February 06, 2026 17:12 UTC