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28.7 % - Ma can eradicate “black gold” politics and build a clean image for the KMT (2005 - 52%)
51.7 % - Ma can not eradicate “black gold” politics and build a clean image for the KMT (2005 - 20.1%)
---------------------------31.7% - Ma can push the KMT's democratic reform (2005 - 65.2%)
49.1% - Ma can't push the KMT's democratic reform (2005 - 14.7%)
---------------------------29.5% - Public satisfied with Ma's performance
58.6% - Public unsatisfied with Ma's performance
41.8% - Trust Ma (down 3%)
42.4% - Distrust Ma
---------------------------21.9% - happy with the KMT’s overall performance in the legislature
58.5% - unhappy with the KMT’s overall performance in the legislature (up 1.7%)
---------------------------47.2% - those in favor of ultimate independence
15.7% - those who support ultimate unification
---------------------------If the economic, political and social conditions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were similar:
68.3% - unification would not be necessary.
11.7% - that would be the time for unification.
---------------------------45.1% - Ma’s position on Taiwan’s future is to unify with China (up 21% from 2005)
30.1% - Ma intends to maintain the “status quo”
6.3% - Ma wants Taiwanese independence.
---------------------------NOT TO BE MISSED: Part 1 of Talk Taiwan's analysis of public opinion polls on the issue of Taiwan's future.
