The Associated Press stated that if the DPP loses major county mayors and a majority of congressional seats in this general election, it will be a great challenge for the Tsai administration to govern.

The picture shows Tsai Ing-wen going to the polling station to vote on the 26th.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The 2022 Nine-in-One General Election and the referendum referendum on the constitutional amendment of "18-year-old citizenship" are being counted. At present, most county and city mayors are temporarily led by candidates from the Kuomintang.

In this regard, the "Associated Press" pointed out that Taiwanese voters are more concerned about local issues in this election, and the threat of China is obviously not within the scope of voting considerations of most voters.

According to the "Associated Press" report, although international observers and Taiwan's ruling party are trying to link this general election with China's threat, many experts believe that the Chinese factor will not play a big role.

The results of the current balloting also show that most of Liudu and other counties and cities are led by candidates from the blue camp.

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Wang Yeli, a professor of political science at National Taiwan University, told the Associated Press that voters clearly believe that the threat from China has nothing to do with this election. Although Chen Shih-chung, a candidate for Taipei mayor of the Democratic Progressive Party, mentioned China issues during the campaign, he realized that voters were not interested. The focus quickly turned to local issues, "I think that if the issue of the CCP threat cannot be heated up in the index city of Taipei, then for the cities in the south, this will not be considered (by voters) at all."

You Yinglong, chairman of the Taiwan Public Opinion Education Foundation, said that the election results to some extent reflect the attitude of the Taiwanese people towards the performance of the ruling party in the past two years. challenge.