Taiwan local elections

Insights from Nathan F. Batto.

The recent elections could offer some valuable insights.

Going forward, this election will have a number of critical implications for Taiwan’s security.

In many ways, the election results maintained the status quo of pan-Blue dominance over local politics, rather than a dramatic return to form for the KMT.

Taiwanese citizens will soon vote to elect their mayor/county magistrate, city council members, and in a referendum – and each of these uses a different voting system.

Taiwan will begin allowing visitors from all countries while also ending its COVID-19 quarantine requirement for new arrivals.

Will China’s military threats impact Taiwan’s upcoming local elections?

The November 26 midterm races are the DPP’s to lose.

Taiwan’s November elections weren’t directly about cross-strait relations, but that doesn’t mean China had no impact.

Insights from Elizabeth Freund Larus.

In 2017, the ruling DPP reformed the Referendum Act. The first referendum votes under the new act did not go smoothly.