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- Title
The polls—Trends.
- Authors
Sobel, Richard; Haynes, William-Arthur; Zheng, Yu
- Abstract
In examining self-identification and related opinion trends in Taiwan during the period 1992–2008, this article assesses preferences expressed in surveys since Taiwan’s democratization on whether to pursue independence from the mainland or follow a path toward unification.Currently, Taiwanese are roughly divided on identification as Taiwanese or both Taiwanese and Chinese, though polls conducted in the early 1990s found greater Chinese than Taiwanese identification. The long-term policy trend has been for a preference for preserving the status quo between independence and unification, though the minority preferring independence now exceeds that for unification. In exploring indicators of partisanship and attitudes about referenda on cross-Strait issues, there is now a slight majority identifying with one of the two major parties; less than half approves of using referenda to assess policy opinions. Studying Taiwan’s collective attitudes is particularly important today because the peaceful pursuit of cross-Strait negotiations benefits not only the two participants, but also the entire Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
- Subjects
TAIWAN; CHINA; TAIWAN Strait; PUBLIC opinion polls; PUBLIC opinion; DEMOCRATIZATION; TAIWANESE politics &; government, 1975-
- Publication
Public Opinion Quarterly, 2010, Vol 74, Issue 4, p782
- ISSN
0033-362X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/poq/nfq045