here at this nearly 2,000 polling sites across taipei. this is a neighborhood with older military veterans that tends to prefer the opposition view that a better relationship with china would help avoid war, a view that is shared by some voters who we spoke with in the rallies leading up to this vote. take a look. >> translator: if the democratic progressive party doesn't change their direction, i think that war could happen in our generation. >> reporter: but the ruling party says the only way to prevent war is not to try to recalculate the relationship with the u.s. but actually double down on that relationship. the u.s. has sold billions of dollars in weapons to taiwan over the last eight years of the ruling party's presidency under tsai ing-wen. the candidate says he's going to continue that policy with the u.s. but the opposition warns that could be a dangerous path leading taiwan and the u.s. and china right into a cross strait