The Chinese-language news Web site Formosa last month published a poll showing that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had an approval rating of 48.9 percent, an increase of 4.1 percent over a previous survey, while its disapproval rating was 42.2 percent, a decrease of 3.1 percent.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) had an approval rating of just 27.8 percent, down 3.9 percent, while its disapproval rating was 59.1 percent, a 3.5 percent increase.
Basically, the DPP has a far higher approval rating than the KMT, by a margin of 21.1 percent, while its disapproval rating was 16.9 percentage points lower than that