Taiwan is holding midterm elections on November 26. This could mean new mayors and local magistrates across the country. The KMT is hoping to win two additional cities. We examine the far-reaching impact of this local election on Taiwan’s foreign policy and how the results could determine who and which party would likely capture the presidency in 2024.
In this episode, Lo Chih-cheng, legislator and DPP international affairs director and his counterpart Alexander Huang, KMT international affairs director and Tamkang University professor joins Taiwan Talks to discuss the implications of this election.
We are also joined by Mike Fonte, DPP U.S. mission director and his counterpart Eric Huang, KMT U.S. mission director from Washington, D.C. as they depict what this local Taiwanese election means for the U.S. and about the warming of ties between the two countries.
Topics discussed:
- Prediction of how Taiwan’s major parties will fair in this midterm
- Voter preferences and winning strategies
- Role of third parties in Taiwanese politics
- What increased U.S. support means for the elections with frequent successive delegations
- Impact of China’s military aggression towards Taiwan on voter attitudes
- Balancing ties between the U.S. and China amidst global fragmentation
- Indicators of likely Taiwan presidential candidates
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