EDITORIAL: The KMT ‘doth protest too much’The latest poll released by the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation (台灣民意基金會) is not great reading for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) or its chairwoman, Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文). The poll shows an increase of 7.3 percentage points to 38.4 percent in support for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) compared with 20.6 percent for the KMT, down by 5.2 percentage points from the previous poll. According to a My Formosa online poll, from September to November last year, the DPP’s approval climbed 4.4 percentage points to 39.9 percent from 35.5 percent, while its disapproval rating dropped 2.2 percentage points to 49.9 percent from 52.1 percent, representing an overall improvement of 6.6 percentage points. In the same period, the KMT’s overall rating fell 6.5 percentage points. That the KMT under Cheng’s leadership has been doing exactly these three things would make some voters doubt those denials and suspect that “the KMT doth protest too much, methinks.”

Source: Taipei Times January 03, 2026 18:00 UTC