Tsai Ing-wen’s approval falls to a 21-month low
PREMIER SU ALSO HIT: The Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation said that after a long stretch of favorable governance, the administration is being put to the test
By Wu Su-wei and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) public approval rating has dropped to a 21-month low following power outages and an increase in locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, a survey showed yesterday.
The Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation commissioned Focus Survey Research to conduct the survey, which was done by telephone from Monday to Thursday last week.
Tsai’s approval rating dropped to 45.7 percent, the lowest it has been in 21 months, foundation chairman Michael You (游盈隆) said.
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