Taiwan\'s Election and Democratization Study, 2001 (TEDS2001)

As we can expect,the election will be in high gear since ruling and opposition political parties compete for the limited available seats.The ruling Democratic Progressive Party(DPP)aims at controlling the legislature,along with the administrative branch(presidency and the executive),in order to dominate the policy-making power.Experiencing the debacle in the previous presidential election,the Kuomintang(KMT)attempts to continue its existing predominance in the Legislative Yuan.It goes without saying that the new formed People First Party(PFP)will try its best to perform in its debut.The most important task of the New Party(NP)for surviving is that,confronting fierce competition from its counterparts,it has to capture more seats in the Legislative Yuan.In short,the election in 2001 will be even more competitive than the presidential one in 2000.

Also the results of election will direct Taiwan\'s political development in some ways,its importance for the political future is clear enough.This study attempts to conduct a post-election survey in order to provide a systematic description and explanation of people\'s voting behavior in Legislative Yuan election.All eligible voters will be the survey population,and among them 2,000 samples will be selected.A face-to-face interview will be conducted right after the election.Group identity and consciousness,issues,party image,candidate image,and divided government issues will be the main topics.Via this nation-wide survey research,it is expected to further understand voting behavior of Taiwan\'s voters.