Last Taiwan Polls Show US-Friendly DPP Set for Election Win
- Surveys show ruling-party candidate heading for narrow win
- Voter sentiment could still change ahead of Jan. 13 election
Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's president, left, and Lai Ching-te.
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Taiwan’s final election polls put the ruling party on track to win a record third straight term in power, a setback to President Xi Jinping’s efforts to bring the island closer to Beijing.
The Democratic Progressive Party’s Vice President Lai Ching-te was the frontrunner in three surveys in recent days, with his lead over main opposition rival, Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang, ranging from 3 to 11 percentage points. The Taiwan People’s Party’s Ko Wen-je trails in third place, according to the publicly released polls.