Researcher describes TPP votersStaff writer, with CNAThe Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) made gains in the Jan. 13 legislative elections, with its success — and its potentially influential position when the next legislative session starts — widely attributed to support from young people without strong party affiliations. However, Huang Kai-ping (黃凱苹), a political science professor at National Taiwan University, delved into the core beliefs of TPP backers. Huang said at a forum that such voters occupy a relatively middle ground on relations with China and lean away from populism. TPP supporters were just as mainstream in their support for the “status quo” on China as DPP and KMT backers, she said. Ko’s supporters “favored a middle-ground approach to cross-strait relations, believing that showing goodwill could lower the temperature and avoid harsher measures like trade restrictions or military escalation,” she said.

Source: Taipei Times January 27, 2024 23:13 UTC