By Sean Lin / Staff reporterChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taichung mayoral candidate Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) is leading Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) by 6.5 percentage points, according to an opinion poll released on Friday by a KMT think tank. A total of 38.6 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with Lin’s performance, while 36.2 percent said they were dissatisfied, it showed. Meanwhile, 60.8 percent said they were displeased with President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) performance, while 20 percent said they approved of it, the poll showed. Almost half — 48.7 percent — said the Taichung mayoral election is a bellwether and gives them a chance to vent their frustration with the ruling party, while 29.4 percent of respondents disagreed with the statement. However, that is no longer true, as the foundation’s poll shows, Lee said.

Source: Taipei Times October 13, 2018 15:56 UTC