President Lai’s approval rating at 56.8% after first month
President Lai’s approval rating at 56.8% after first month
2024-06-20
One month after taking office, President Lai Ching-te’s approval rating stands at 56.8%. That’s according to a poll conducted last weekend by the Taiwan Brain Trust. His premier, Cho Jung-tai, is also riding high with a rating above 50%. But scholars warned that Lai has big challenges to tackle, including the crisis currently unfolding the Legislative Yuan.
President Lai Ching-te has completed one month in office with his approval rating at 56.8%, according to a Taiwan Brain Trust poll. Premier Cho Jung-tai’s rating also stands above 50%, despite ongoing strife in the legislature.
Chen Li-fu
Taiwan Association of University Professors head
Given such a high approval rating, the president has considerable political leverage. He can use his constitutional leverage – his constitutional power – to proactively seek ways to deal with the Legislative Yuan, where there’s a crisis centered on power expansion and constitutional issues.
Chen Chih-chung
Ketagalan Foundation director
Of course there will be a tough battle ahead. People have certain hopes. There are high expectations. I think that this should serve as motivation for the Cabinet.
In contrast to the Lai administration’s ratings, public perception of the legislature is less favorable. Overall satisfaction with Taiwan’s legislators is below 30%, while dissatisfaction is close to 60%. When asked what they wanted the legislature to do, more than 80% of respondents said they wanted to see political reconciliation.
Tseng Kuan-chiu
National Taiwan Normal University professor
But overall, there’s a slightly higher percentage of people who are suspicious about the legislature expanding its power. Opposing the legislature’s attempt to expand its power doesn’t necessarily mean opposing legislative reform. Reforms of the executive and judicial branches, as well as other reforms, should continue. But what is clear is that the people do not want the legislature to be in a constant state of strife.
The poll also asked respondents about legislative speaker Han Kuo-yu. His satisfaction rate was 44%, while his dissatisfaction rate was 49%.
Chen Li-fu
Taiwan Association of University Professors head
Nobody is happy seeing what’s happening in the legislature. The people who created this situation – for example, Fu Kun-chi of the KMT caucus and Huang Kuo-chang of the TPP caucus – need to stop and engage in some reflection. To make a comparison, Han Kuo-yu’s 44% approval rating is far above the ratings of the TPP caucus and the KMT caucus.
The scholar called out the conveners of the KMT and TPP caucuses, saying that their bills have sparked a public backlash. Even with the legislative session just beginning, public satisfaction with lawmakers is already on the decline. The scholar urged the opposition to take heed of public sentiment.
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上任滿月民調! 賴清德施政滿意度56.8% 卓榮泰滿意度53.6%
2024-06-20
總統賴清德就職滿月，根據新台灣國策智庫最新民調，他滿意度高達5成6，行政院長卓榮泰滿意度也突破五成。學者肯定賴清德，面對國會衝突不斷，還能有這樣過半的成績，更提醒要化解目前的擴權危機。因為國會整體滿意度不到三成，顯然民眾對三黨立委表現並不滿意。
根據新台灣國策智庫最新民調，賴清德就職滿月的滿意度高達56.8%，行政院長卓榮泰也突破五成，即便面對國會衝突不斷，還是保持滿意度過半。
[[台灣教授協會會長 陳俐甫]]
“總統在民調有這麼高的民調，就有政治高度。利用他的憲政高度，憲政權力加上他的民意高度，來主動積極，想辦法化解目前立法院，擴權及憲政體制的危機”
[[凱達格蘭基金會執行長 陳致中]]
“後面當然是一場硬戰，所以我想有期望，但是也有很高的一個期許，我想當然這個對內閣來講，也是一個激勵人心”
對比賴清德和卓內閣，民眾看國會就沒這麼樂觀，立委整體表現滿意度不到3成，不滿意度逼近六成，對國會政局走向，有超過八成民意期待政黨和解。
[[台師大教授 曾冠球]]
“不過整體來講，國會擴權的嫌疑比例比較高一點，反對國會擴權跟國會改革，這兩者之間不一定是等號關係，行政改革、司法改革，或是各方面的改革仍應該要持續。可以確定的是，民眾不希望國會，一天到晚都亂哄哄的”
立法院長韓國瑜的民調，滿意度有4成4，但不滿意度4成9。
[[台灣教授協會會長 陳俐甫]]
“就不喜歡現在看到的這個結果，引導目前結果例如說，國民黨立法院黨團，跟民眾黨立法院黨團的，傅崐萁跟黃國昌可能要思考一下，但是我們來做一個對照，譬如說韓國瑜其實還得到44%的滿意度，他遠遠高於民眾黨，跟國民黨黨團的支持度。”
難怪學者點名藍白總召，畢竟兩個陣營先提擴權法案，過程已經引發民間反彈，國會這才開始第一個會期，滿意度就直直落，民意反撲的聲音，就不知道藍白是否聽進耳裡。
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