Taiwan’s Election and Democratization Study

Values Categories		n	percentage
1	very satisfied	101	5.5%
2	somewhat satisfied	947	51.9%
3	somewhat dissatisfied	463	25.4%
4	very dissatisfied	183	10.0%
95	refuse to answer	12	0.7%
96	it's depended	15	0.8%
97	none opinion	76	4.2%
98	don't know	29	1.6%
	Frequency :	1826	100%

2. C2 Overall, during Ma Ying-jeou’s first term, in what aspect has he performed best?

Values Categories		n	percentage
1	promoting ethnic harmony	7	0.4%
2	maintaining political stability	33	1.8%
3	promoting economic development	71	3.9%
4	eliminating black and gold politics	182	10.0%
5	raising Taiwan's international status	14	0.8%
6	promoting democratic reforms	2	0.1%
7	improving law and order	8	0.4%
8	promoting peaceful developments in cross-Strait relations	218	11.9%
9	social welfare	43	2.4%
10	handling educational reform	3	0.2%
11	handling financial reform	0	0%
12	public infrastructure	11	0.6%
13	personnel appointment	3	0.2%
14	peaceful and no war	9	0.5%
15	Chow Mei-ching’s good image	4	0.2%
16	good image of president and first lady	6	0.3%
17	nothing good	282	15.4%
18	maintaining price stability	12	0.7%
19	foreign countries offer visa-free travel to ROC passport hol	32	1.8%
20	policy planning	3	0.2%
21	distributing consumption vouchers	13	0.7%
22	honesty	2	0.1%
23	1992 Consensus	11	0.6%
24	opening policy for mainland Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan	7	0.4%
25	thoroughly implemented policies	2	0.1%
26	better than the former president	4	0.2%
27	performs very well in every area	8	0.4%
28	reducing unemployment rates	10	0.5%
29	wage adjustments	2	0.1%
30	judicial reform	4	0.2%
31	signing ECFA	26	1.4%
32	Ma Ying-jeou has a good personality	23	1.3%
33	looking after financial groups	3	0.2%
34	internationalization	7	0.4%
35	sports policy	2	0.1%
36	rule by doing nothing	2	0.1%
37	cross-Strait transportation policy	4	0.2%
38	diplomacy	22	1.2%
39	house prices	1	0.1%
40	holding the Deaflympics	0	0%
41	take care of every group	1	0.1%
42	no negative news	0	0%
43	good fortune	0	0%
44	cross-Strait exchanges	11	0.6%
45	open to suggestions	0	0%
46	Yu Chang case	0	0%
47	establishing Agency against Corruption	1	0.1%
48	assiduous in government affairs, loves the people	8	0.4%
49	looking after the military, government workers and teachers	4	0.2%
50	national security	0	0%
51	close to the people	12	0.7%
52	holding the Taipei International Flora Exposition	1	0.1%
53	looking after labor	1	0.1%
54	maintaining social and economic stability	5	0.3%
55	upgrading of the five special municipalities	1	0.1%
56	disaster relief	10	0.5%
57	environmental protection	1	0.1%
58	agricultural problem	6	0.3%
59	childbirth subsidy	1	0.1%
60	resolute leadership	0	0%
61	arts and cultural events	1	0.1%
62	great-handling of the Chen Shui-bian corruption case	1	0.1%
91	performs well in every area	12	0.7%
92	performs badly in every area	38	2.1%
95	refuse to answer	26	1.4%
98	don't know	589	32.3%
	Frequency :	1826	100%

3. C3 Overall, during Ma Ying-jeou’s first term, in what aspect has he performed worst?

Values Categories		n	percentage
1	promoting ethnic harmony	2	0.1%
2	maintaining political stability	2	0.1%
3	promoting economic development	109	6.0%
4	eliminating black and gold politics	8	0.4%
5	raising Taiwan's international status	6	0.3%
6	promoting democratic reforms	1	0.1%
7	improving law and order	9	0.5%
8	promoting peaceful developments in cross-Strait relations	20	1.1%
9	social welfare	26	1.4%
10	handling educational reform	7	0.4%
11	handling financial reform	1	0.1%
12	public infrastructure	5	0.3%
13	personnel appointment	48	2.6%
14	too close to China	34	1.9%
15	lacks resolute leadership	110	6.0%
16	nothing bad	183	10.0%
17	weak and without definite views	40	2.2%
18	gap between the rich and the poor	45	2.5%
19	Taipei City National Health Insurance controversy	0	0%
20	lack of service at grassroots level	6	0.3%
21	people's livelihood issues	81	4.4%
22	policy ideas not implemented	54	3.0%
23	lack of policy advocacy	12	0.7%
24	ineffective crisis management	11	0.6%
25	does not take responsibility, does not take a position	7	0.4%
26	administrative problems	12	0.7%
27	ignores the people’s feelings	39	2.1%
28	inaction	24	1.3%
29	inappropriate comments	24	1.3%
30	policy repetition	17	0.9%
31	problem about personal morality	14	0.8%
32	judicial reform	10	0.5%
33	immigration policy	2	0.1%
34	lack of originality	3	0.2%
35	unemployment problem	22	1.2%
36	lack of local infrastructure development	5	0.3%
37	bad handling of DPP corruption cases	2	0.1%
38	cross-Strait reunification	1	0.1%
39	inappropriate use of government funds	13	0.7%
40	smear campaigns on political opponents	0	0%
41	failure of disaster relief	40	2.2%
42	trying to be everyone's president and currying favor with al	2	0.1%
43	unfriendly to Aboriginals	1	0.1%
44	opening policy for mainland Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan	4	0.2%
45	youth unemployment problem	2	0.1%
46	national sovereignty	18	1.0%
47	treatment of government variables excessively favorable	7	0.4%
48	does not listen to other people’s opinions	1	0.1%
49	bad handling of the Chen Shui-bian corruption case	9	0.5%
50	problems with old-age farmer allowance	16	0.9%
51	excessive government debt	2	0.1%
52	too close to financial groups	14	0.8%
53	opening imports of US beef	5	0.3%
54	the Teachers’ Law	1	0.1%
55	ineffective urban renewal	1	0.1%
56	wages too low	5	0.3%
57	signing ECFA	2	0.1%
58	lack of concern for the vulnerable	11	0.6%
59	lack of political allies	3	0.2%
60	house prices	11	0.6%
61	1992 Consensus	4	0.2%
62	environmental protection	2	0.1%
63	Civil Service Performance Evaluation Act	1	0.1%
64	urban environment	0	0%
65	industrial policy	0	0%
66	do not authorize lower level	1	0.1%
67	political interference in the judiciary	3	0.2%
68	media chaos	3	0.2%
69	social conflict	1	0.1%
70	finance and taxation problems	7	0.4%
71	distributing consumption vouchers	1	0.1%
72	does not support domestic products	1	0.1%
73	diplomacy	1	0.1%
74	labor issues	8	0.4%
75	military service problems	1	0.1%
76	political conflict	5	0.3%
77	increase in National Health Insurance rates	3	0.2%
78	military and national defense issues	1	0.1%
79	opening to students from mainland China	3	0.2%
80	deterioration in democracy and human rights	1	0.1%
81	foreign spouses policy	0	0%
82	business-government relations	0	0%
83	resource gap between North and South	3	0.2%
84	Ma Ying-jeou holds dual nationality	0	0%
85	the problem of land expropriation	0	0%
86	problems with upgrading of the five special municipalities	0	0%
91	performs well in every area	15	0.8%
92	performs badly in every area	16	0.9%
95	refuse to answer	28	1.5%
98	don't know	547	30.0%
	Frequency :	1826	100%

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