{"id":16547,"date":"2008-01-13T21:40:53","date_gmt":"2008-01-14T04:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/13\/can-the-dpp-overcome-a-drubbing-bruce-jacobs-%e5%ae%b6%e5%8d%9a\/"},"modified":"2008-01-13T21:40:53","modified_gmt":"2008-01-14T04:40:53","slug":"can-the-dpp-overcome-a-drubbing-bruce-jacobs-%e5%ae%b6%e5%8d%9a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/can-the-dpp-overcome-a-drubbing-bruce-jacobs-%e5%ae%b6%e5%8d%9a\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the DPP Overcome a Drubbing? &#8211; Bruce Jacobs \u5bb6\u535a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From The Taipei Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/editorials\/archives\/2008\/01\/14\/2003397223\">\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s legislative elections, in which the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won less than one-fourth of the seats, were a disaster for the party and its worst result in legislative elections since Lee Teng-hui (\u674e\u767b\u8f1d) became president in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s results raise two important questions. First, why did the DPP do so badly? Second, how will the legislative elections result affect the presidential election of March 22?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">There are at least three answers to the first question. The turnout of less than 57 percent &#8212; the lowest for legislative elections since 1972 &#8212; indicates widespread alienation among Taiwan&#8217;s voters. The numbers attending campaign rallies were also quite low. In the past, when speakers at rallies rhetorically asked: &#8220;Right or Wrong?&#8221; the audience would shout &#8220;Right!&#8221; During this campaign no one responded. In addition, several vote captains &#8212; on both sides of politics &#8212; whom this writer has known for a long time, sat out this election. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/editorials\/archives\/2008\/01\/14\/2003397223\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #07477F; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><cite>Full Text<\/cite><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Taipei Times: Saturday&#8217;s legislative elections, in which the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won less than one-fourth of the seats, were a disaster for the party and its worst result in legislative elections since Lee Teng-hui (\u674e\u767b\u8f1d) became president in 1988. Saturday&#8217;s results raise two important questions. 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