Lai Ching-te to embark on round-island trip Thursday

Lai Ching-te to embark on round-island trip Thursday

2023-12-20

With a little more than 20 days to go before the election, the campaign office for DPP candidate Lai Ching-te unveiled its upcoming strategy. After Lai returns from a round-the-island trip starting on Dec. 21, the party next month is preparing a large-scale mobilization on street corners and with motorcades. The latest My Formosa poll has Lai at 35.2% support, maintaining his lead.

Pan Men-an, campaign manager for DPP candidate Lai Ching-te, personally oversaw a news conference to announce the candidate’s four-day trip around Taiwan starting on Dec. 21.

Pan Men-an
Lai Ching-te’s campaign manager
If we win, apart from building national projects, we will also realize the infrastructure wishes of each municipality. This trip is an illustration of our concern for the needs of our communities.

On Dec. 21, Lai is to head south from Yilan to Pingtung before returning to Taipei on Dec. 24. At every stop along the way, the candidate plans to share his vision for their infrastructural futures. The campaign additionally announced a “winning formula,” starting with local canvassing on Jan. 3, then motorcades with Lai and vice presidential candidate Hsiao Bi-khim starting on Jan. 8.

Pan Men-an
Lai Ching-te’s campaign manager
In tandem with the start of street canvassing by local party offices on Jan. 3, Lai is to begin stumping for votes in his hometown of New Taipei City. On Jan. 8, Lai and Hsiao are to start canvassing by motorcade across Taiwan.

The latest poll by My Formosa shows Lai ahead with 35.2% support, followed by KMT candidate Hou Yu-ih in second with 30.6% and Ko Wen-je of the TPP trailing with 19.6%. With only 4.6 percentage points separating the DPP and KMT challengers, campaigning is on.

Pan Men-an
Lai Ching-te’s campaign manager
Polls are supposed to serve as a reference, not affect the outcome. Our internal polling actually shows Hou and Ko neck-in-neck.

With its own polls showing the opposition in a stalemate, the Lai campaign said it is to stay the course as they head into the election.

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勝選三部曲! 賴清德拚陸戰明日啟動環島拼圖

2023-12-20

選戰倒數20幾天，民進黨總統候選人賴清德競總總幹事潘孟安，召開記者會，公布拚陸戰三部曲，除了21日即將開啟的環島拼圖之外，接下來一月份也要開啟黨公職站路口、萬人造勢和全台大車掃。美麗島最新民調也顯示，賴蕭配支持度為35.2%，依舊維持領先。

總幹事潘孟安親自召開，環島大團結台灣贏德美記者會，公布4天3夜環島拼圖活動21日即將展開。

[[賴清德競總總幹事潘孟安]]
“這個如果勝選，除了國家希望工程以外，我們也會展現每個縣市未來的建設願景，這個就是對我們接近土地也接近我們區域需求，所做說明”

到各縣市造勢拚出一個字，每天的行程會形成一句標語。12月21日從宜蘭出發一路南下到屏東，最後一天24日回到台北，逐一在各縣市說明未來建設和願景。潘孟安更公布陸戰"勝選方程式三部曲"。1月3日開始，全體黨工站路口，啟動萬人大造勢，1月8日開始賴清德、蕭美琴全台車掃。

[[賴清德競總總幹事潘孟安]]
“分別從1月3日全台站路口以外，也同步在1月3日由賴清德主席出生地新北，來開始第一場萬人造勢，未來1月8日造勢期間，由賴清德、蕭美琴兩位正副總統候選人分進合擊，全台大車掃”

選站最後關頭，賴蕭配分進合擊，全力輔選拚陸戰。但美麗島電子報最新民調顯示，賴蕭配支持度為35.2%，侯康配以30.6%位居第二，柯盈配支持度為19.6%，持續墊底。賴蕭配和侯康配相差4.6個百分點。

[[賴清德競總總幹事潘孟安]]
“民調都是參考不是來操作，我們內部民調反而看到柯文哲以及侯友宜麻花卷膠著狀態”

自爆內部民調，侯柯陷入膠著，賴陣營按照既有步調，持續往前衝。

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