The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Taiwan in the World lecture series proudly presents “Analyzing Taiwan's 2022 Local Elections: Trends and Implications” with Dr. Nathan Batto (Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica) and Dr. Eric Chen-hua Yu (Professor of Political Science at National Chengchi University) as the speakers and Dr. Shih-chan Dai (Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA) as the moderator.
The 2022 local elections in Taiwan are considered the midterm election for President Tsai Ing-wen's second term. The results of this election reflect the level of popular support for President Tsai’s administration as well as people's satisfaction with the Democratic Progressive Party as a ruling party that controls both the executive and legislative branches. Therefore, the outcome of the 2022 local elections becomes an important indicator for both the ruling party and the oppositions in shaping their electoral strategies in the coming 2024 presidential and legislative elections. Given the importance of the 2022 Taiwanese local elections, the speakers will analyze the implications of the elections from the following perspectives: the relative strengths of the two major parties, the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the elections, the performance of third parties such as Taiwan People's Party, and the potential impacts of the 2022 elections on Taiwan-US-China relations and the 2024 national elections.
This event will take place on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 17:00 (PST). All are welcome to join online!!!
For more info: https://www.international.ucla.edu/apc/event/15862
