Taiwan Just how local are local elections in Taiwan? November 27, 2014 1 Written by Michal Thim. Looking to local elections for clues as to how this or that party will fare in national elections is a precarious thing.…
Taiwan local elections A Dark Horse Rises? Ko Wen-jer’s campaign for Taipei Mayor November 25, 2014 0 Written by Ben Goren and Li Ying-hsuan. A common theme running through many articles, including my own, about the forthcoming elections in Taiwan, and Taipei…
Taiwan Three reasons to follow Taiwan’s 9-in-1 elections November 20, 2014 1 Written by Michal Thim. On November 29, Taiwan will experience its own ‘mid-term’ elections. This time unprecedented for at least three reasons. Firstly, it is…
Taiwan Campaign Ads and Taiwan’s Electoral Demography November 20, 2014 0 Written by Wen-Ti Sung. After well over half a year of campaigning, Taiwan’s “nine-in-one” mega-election will conclude in little over a week. As campaigns enter…
Taiwan local elections Elections in a time of democratic malaise November 18, 2014 3 Written by J. Michael Cole. On Nov. 29 millions of Taiwanese will once again exert their hard-earned right to choose the men and women who…
Taiwan local elections Ever decreasing circles: Sean Lien’s campaign for Taipei Mayor November 17, 2014 0 Written by Ben Goren. As a general rule of thumb, mid-term elections are often difficult contests for incumbent parties to win, even more so when…
Taiwan Taipei’s Mayoral Election: A New Alignment of Electoral Demography? November 7, 2014 0 Written by Wen-Ti Sung. Taiwan will hold its so-called ‘nine-in-one’ mega-elections on November 29. Up for grabs are some 11,000 public offices at the municipal…