In answer to the first question, the polls indicate that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) are ahead. Also, looking at Tsai’s liabilities or headwinds compared with the KMT’s candidate, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), she has an advantage. Tsai’s party and her voting base are fairly well united to support her. Tsai was seen as having rigged the primary election to defeat former premier William Lai (賴清德). However, their suspicions have not grown, as most want to win the election and they feel only Tsai can do that.

Source: Taipei Times November 11, 2019 15:58 UTC