By Jerome A. Cohen
In light of this year’s result, I wonder how much effort will be made to change Taiwan’s election system by adopting a run-off process in situations where, as this year, no candidate wins a majority vote in the first election. If Lai and Hou had to face the voters again without a third candidate, who would win?
Is this year’s election of Lai such a depressing loss for Beijing? 60% of the voters rejected Lai. And, as has been pointed out, the DPP will have to struggle with the Legislature.