The TVBS Poll Center collected 972 valid samples from Taiwanese residents aged 20 and older via telephone from July 4 to 6. Navy missile blunder hurts Tsai's approval rating, says TVBS pollTAIPEI, Taiwan -- A TVBS poll found the overall approval rating of President Tsai Ing-wen had slipped three percentage points to 44 percent and also showed a six percentage point rise in dissatisfaction to 24 percent on Thursday, due to the recent missile misfire mishap that took place in early July. Of her state trip, 49 percent expressed approval, while only 14 percent were dissatisfied, but 36 percent withheld comment. The poll has a 95-percent confidence level, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. Late June saw Tsai embarking on her first state trip abroad to diplomatic allies in Central and South America, to attend the Panama Canal expansion ceremony and visit Paraguay.

Source: The China Post July 07, 2016 18:00 UTC