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Wang campaign argued that all 1.1 million card-carrying members would be eligible. The 300,000 members "in good standing" were mostly veterans and party members, considered part of the right-wing of the party, who were most likely to vote for Ma on the basis of his mainlander background. The 1.1 million members included a much greater proportion of native
Taiwanese and some less enthusiastic supporters of the party who joined as a result of working for a state-run enterprise in which, before democratic reforms in the 1990s, KMT membership was encouraged and somewhat compelled. Finally it was agreed to that all card-carrying members would be able to vote as polls showed Ma running ahead of Wang even with the franchise opened. This request by Wang arguably backfired, as it might have very well been the case that members who were less involved with internal party politics became more attracted to Ma's personality.
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Over 1 million KMT party members were eligible to vote. In the months leading to the election there was bitter debate between the two candidates over which party members were eligible to vote. While the Ma campaign wanted to limit the vote 300,000 party members fully paid-up in their annual dues, the
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made him a widely popular politician, especially among female and younger voters. However, his critics claim that he, unlike his opponent, lacks friends among the KMT's political elite and has little experience in forging political alliances. In addition, his opponents claim that Ma's background as a
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during his tenure as
Justice Minister in the 1990s earned him a reputation of incorruptibility, especially because he was fired from this post for alienating the political underground, and his political career was considered to be over. His clean and competent public image and personal charisma has
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history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote. Previous leaders of the KMT had been elected by the party congress in a one-man race (with the candidate being either the incumbent or his designated successor). Lien ran unopposed in 2001, but his election was decided by
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made a videotaped appearance to endorse Wang. Lien Chan, although promising to stay neutral during the campaign, was accidentally caught by news cameras voting for Wang Jin-pyng. This was seen as a move by Lien to unify the KMT, since Wang was trailing far behind Ma in the polls. In contrast, the
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questioned his mainland-born opponents' loyalty towards Taiwan and questioned whether they would "sell Taiwan out" to the PRC). In response, his supporters cite polls that indicate that Ma is popular among all ethnicities and regions in Taiwan, and that substantial numbers of DPP supporters have
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and was expelled from the party) or that he would leave the KMT to join the TSU if he lost the election. At the same time, Ma needed to dispel the stereotype of him as an urban
Mainlander from Taipei unconnected with rural southern Holo-speaking Taiwan.
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since 1976 and as the
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Republic of China (such as by singing patriotic songs from the
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and his support among party leaders as vital in uniting the
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783:Zhang Renjie
777:Song Jiaoren
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450:Ma Ying-jeou
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974:15th (1997)
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964:13th (1988)
959:12th (1981)
954:11th (1976)
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872:Lin Rong-te
771:Sun Yat-sen
699:Sun Yat-sen
525:Total votes
503:Valid votes
348:James Soong
324:John Chiang
320:Yu Chung-ji
264:Taipei City
117:Percentage
1133:Categories
1119:italicised
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914:5th (1935)
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904:3rd (1929)
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866:Wu Den-yih
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624:Kuomintang
566:References
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287:President
273:Mainlander
268:black gold
242:black gold
224:Candidates
203:Kuomintang
813:Lien Chan
793:Hu Hanmin
726:Chiangism
539:1,045,467
432:Candidate
381:Kaohsiung
277:Hong Kong
196:Lien Chan
145:Lien Chan
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1060:2020 (b)
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1030:2007 (b)
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731:Dang Guo
714:Ideology
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361:Taichung
357:Jason Hu
308:Lee Huan
281:Hunanese
186:between
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85:Nominee
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632:History
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460:375,056
176:Chinese
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