Please don't come up with such assertions, even Taiwanese don't know the exact answers for your statements mentioned above. Especially (2), it's like saying either parties in U.S. didn't do anything, which will raise a HUGE debate here on HN

being a Taiwanese, I feel (2) and (3) are actually the perception people have from exposure to China-originated fake news that intents to obscure current Taiwanese government's efforts.

No doubt about (1)

There is no point arguing with me -- I'm pretty sure you watch those politics talk shows. Branding all of them as "fake news" is not helpful.

If you disagree, you'd better refute me with facts. Tell us what achievements (political, economical) DPP had in the past three years; show us the growth in the past two decades.

(I learned the term 22k not too long ago)

Well... I really don't watch those and clarifying facts is always important. So here you go:

This is the GDP for Taiwan is recent years, clearly an ascending trend: https://tradingeconomics.com/taiwan/gdp

As for political achievements, things like (1)having a female president (2)openly supports LGBTQ rights (3)Taiwan's recognition from other like-minded democratic counties has never been stronger since 1979. If these are not political achievements, I don't know what is.

As for 22k, low income for young generation is a real (global) issue, which DPP is fighting hard to solve. Having a pro-China, conservation populist figure like Gou is only going the worsen the problem of distribution of wealth.

> 1. Mazu is big in Taiwan.

In your opinion, how much of an advantage is gained from the announcement being clearly aligned with Mazu? Thanks.

I don't think it will be a deciding factor, but it is definitively a positive factor for Guo.

What's stopping the other candidates from arbitrarily saying they heard a magic deity tell them the same thing?

Nothing stops them from doing that.

On the other hand, candidates don't have to use the same strategy or excuse to gather support.