we help our senior members, so a lot of them haven t gone back to taiwan for like 30 or 20 years. so we help them to get back to taiwan so that they will be able to vote. reporter: the dpp appears to have the most support in this community. taiwanese here say beijing s attempts to steer support from the dpp to more china friendly candidates like the kmt s hou yu ih is a top concern. good we see there are more chinese influences, much more usage of the social media to influence the voters in taiwan by providing this information. reporter: even if william l.i.e. wins the election, dpp supporters fear a narrow win could endanger his agenda. without a clear majority, if sdchlt pp dpp eventually wins, president
everyone s lips. dpp. tpp. kpp. reporter: one candidate from there s three parties will be the next taiwanese president. leading in the polls for months is william lai, current taiwanese vice president. he is looking to succeed the president wen who cannot run again because of term limits. taiwanese are following every twist and turn in this crucial election from thousands of miles away. most of the taiwanese know that we watch political talk shows online and we discuss about what is going on in taiwan. everything is realtime. reporter: the taiwan center in flushing is where many taiwanese meet to talk politics, exercise and take part in other activities. because there is no absentee voting in taiwan, many here are flying back to cast their vote.