Any ideas here? Could be an independent like Taipei and KMT ends up as the third party. IF DDP puts in Mr. Chen (same one who lost) as Mayor I wonder will independent or other non KMT person make a serious run.

I think we already know the end result. :wink:

So far [Screenshot_20200815-171230246] TPP really lagging behind.

Even if KMT DOUBLED their vote count, they’d still be behind right now. :flushed:

[image] Icon: So far [Screenshot_20200815-171230246] TPP really lagging behind. Seems only ads around town I saw where from KMT. They wasted a lot of cash it seems.

It seems the Han administration REALLY pissed off the people of Kaohsiung. Guy

Final vote tallies are in: [image] DPP's Chen Chi-mai wins Kaohsiung mayoral by-election - Focus Taiwan Taipei, Aug. 15 (CNA) Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a mayoral by-election in Kaohsiung on Saturday to replace Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) of the Kuomintan…

[image] afterspivak: The News Lens has an interactive page that I presume will provide live updates on the results Yeah, kind of a foregone conclusion, even with a dud like Chen Chi-mai.

Looks like a lot more people voted to recall Han than for Chen Chi-mai.

In short: Han is seemingly more disliked than Chen is liked. : D Guy

Turnout is really low. Its likely many people didnt see an urgency and didnt vote or were outside Kaohsiung and didn’t make the trek. The results also suggest that many Kuomintang supporters didnt bother to vote as well. It’s likely that the ‘surety’ of the election just kept people home.

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Final vote tallies are in:

Guy