Opinion Polling
Opinion polls were held by various news agencies and organizations in Taiwan during the election campaign. Before the election, the last of such polls was published on March 11, 2008 because, according to ROC law, opinion polls could not be published within ten days of the election. However, polls can still be taken during the ten days.
| Polling Firm | Date | Source | Ma-Siew (KMT) |
Hsieh-Su (DPP) |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TVBS | 21 March 2008 | 51 | 29 | 20 | |
| TVBS | 20 March 2008 | 53 | 31 | 16 | |
| TVBS | 19 March 2008 | 52 | 30 | 18 | |
| TVBS | 18 March 2008 | 50 | 31 | 19 | |
| TVBS | 17 March 2008 |
54 | 28 | 18 | |
| TVBS | 14 March 2008 | 51 | 29 | 20 | |
| TVBS | 13 March 2008 | 47 | 32 | 21 | |
| TVBS | 12 March 2008 |
47 | 30 | 23 | |
| TVBS | 11 March 2008 | 54 | 29 | 17 | |
| TVBS | 10 March 2008 | 53 | 29 | 18 | |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | 10 March 2008 | HTML | 61.7 | 38.3 | -- |
| China Times | 9 March 2008 |
HTML 1 2 | 48.9 | 21.8 | 29.3 |
| United Daily News | HTML | 52 | 22 | 26 | |
| TVBS | 50 | 31 | 19 | ||
| South News | HTML | 41 | 38 | 21 | |
| United Daily News | March 5–9, 2008 |
HTML | 49 | 21 | 30 |
| TVBS | 7 March 2008 | 54 | 28 | 18 | |
| Apple Daily | HTML | 41.3 | 19.8 | 38.9 | |
| China Times | 5 March 2008 | HTML 1 2 | 52.7 | 21.1 | 26.2 |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | 3 March 2008 | 61.8 | 38.2 | -- | |
| United Daily News | 29 February 2008 | HTML | 55 | 18 | 27 |
| TVBS | 54 | 30 | 16 | ||
| China Times | 24 February 2008 |
HTML | 48.6 | 22.7 | 28.7 |
| United Daily News | HTML | 49 | 21 | 30 | |
| TVBS | 49 | 29 | 22 | ||
| TVBS | 22 February 2008 | 53 | 31 | 17 | |
| China Times | 21 February 2008 | HTML | 47 | 22 | 31 |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | 20 February 2008 | 63.3 | 36.7 | -- | |
| TVBS | 15 February 2008 | 53 | 29 | 19 | |
| United Daily News | 14 February 2008 |
HTML | 56 | 18 | 26 |
| Apple Daily | 13 February 2008 | HTML | 36.3 | 19.5 | 44.2 |
| TVBS | 31 January 2008 | 56 | 30 | 14 | |
| TVBS | 29 January 2008 |
53 | 26 | 21 | |
| United Daily News | 26 January 2008 |
HTML | 54 | 23 | 23 |
| China Times | 25 January 2008 | HTML | 46.0 | 23.2 | 30.8 |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | 18 January 2008 | HTML 1 2 | 62.3 | 37.7 | -- |
| China Times via United Daily News | 16 January 2008 | HTML | 52.8 | 20.8 | 26.4 |
| TVBS | 15 January 2008 | 56 | 26 | 18 | |
| United Daily News | 13 January 2008 |
HTML | 60 | 18 | 22 |
| China Times | HTML | 51.4 | 19.9 | 28.7 | |
| China Times via United Daily News | 9 January 2008 | HTML | 48.3 | 25.1 | 26.6 |
| China Times via United Daily News | 3 January 2008 | HTML | 47.5 | 22.5 | 30 |
| United Daily News | 28 December 2007 |
HTML | 52 | 23 | 25 |
| China Times via United Daily News | HTML | 45.3 | 24.2 | 30.5 | |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | 19 December 2007 | 60.8 | 39.2 | -- | |
| China Times via United Daily News | 20 November 2007 | HTML | 37.1 | 21.4 | 41.5 |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | 19 November 2007 | HTML | 58.6 | 41.4 | -- |
| China Times via United Daily News | 16 November 2007 | HTML | 36.9 | 22.1 | 41 |
| China Times via United Daily News | 8 November 2007 | HTML | 35.7 | 24.9 | 39.4 |
| United Daily News | 24 October 2007 | HTML | 50 | 25 | 25 |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | 18 October 2007 | HTML | 59.4 | 40.6 | -- |
| United Daily News | 22 September 2007 |
HTML | 51 | 27 | 22 |
| TVBS | 19 September 2007 | 53 | 30 | 17 | |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | 20 September 2007 | 60.9 | 39.1 | -- | |
| TVBS | 28 August 2007 | 54 | 32 | 14 | |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | 21 August 2007 | 61.6 | 38.4 | -- | |
| TVBS | 15 August 2007 | 51 | 30 | 19 | |
| Era News via United Daily News | 14 August 2007 |
HTML | 45.5 | 21.8 | 32.7 |
| United Daily News | HTML | 52 | 22 | 26 | |
| China Times via United Daily News | HTML | 37.0 | 25.2 | 37.8 | |
| United Daily News | 13 August 2007 |
HTML | 40 | 27 | 33 |
| Kuomintang | 9 August 2007 | HTML | 58.2 | 41.8 | -- |
| TVBS | 2 August 2007 | 47 | 28 | 25 | |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | July 2007 | 62.3 | 37.7 | -- | |
| TVBS | 11 July 2007 | 49 | 25 | 26 | |
| China Times | 24 June 2007 |
HTML | 40 | 20 | 40 |
| United Daily News | HTML | 50 | 23 | 27 | |
| TVBS | 51 | 27 | 22 | ||
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | June 2007 | 56.6 | 43.4 | -- | |
| United Daily News | 4 June 2007 | HTML | 58 | 17 | 25 |
| TVBS | 22 May 2007 | 50 | 25 | 25 | |
| Global Views (遠見雜誌)† | May 2007 | HTML | 57.3 | 42.7 | -- |
| China Times | May 2007 | HTML | 33 | 24 | 43 |
| United Daily News | 6 May 2007 | HTML | 43 | 28 | 29 |
| TVBS | 4 May 2007 | DOC | 50 | 29 | 21 |
| United Daily News | 29 April 2007 | HTML | 52 | 21 | 27 |
| TVBS | 29 January 2007 | 60 | 20 | 20 |
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