2011 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary

none 2011 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary File:Green Taiwan with White Cross (cropped).svg presidential no 2007 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary 2007 2015 Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) presidential primary 2015 25–26 April 2011 Tsai Ing-wen election infobox 2.jpg Tsai Ing-wen 42.50% Su-DPP-Cropped.png Su Tseng-chang 41.15% 0518邱萬興攝影集新書發表會 190518 0008.jpg Hsu Hsin-liang 12.21% Nominee Hsieh Chang-ting Nominee chosen Tsai Ing-wen The 2011 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary was the selection process by which the Democratic Progressive Party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) chose its candidate for the 2012 presidential election. The DPP candidate for president was selected through a series of nationwide opinion polls held on 25–26 April 2011. Timing Primary registration was held between 21 and 25 March.zh:民進黨總統提名人 5月4日公告 http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2011/new/feb/24/today-t3.htm The Liberty Times 24 February 2011 Chinese 27 April 2011 Four TV presentations were held on April 9, 13, 16 and 20 where the candidates outlined their visions and answered questions from experts and citizens. Unlike the practice in other countries, no actual debate was held.DPP presidential hopefuls cautious on China in first TV session Chen Yi-wei Emmanuelle Tzeng Wen Kuei-hsiang Christie Chen http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201104090020 Central News Agency 9 April 2011 10 April 2011 Opinion polling will be between 25 and 29 April and the primary is expected to wrap up on May 4.DPP heads to primary, as three candidates persevere Vincent Y. Chao http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/04/07/2003500127 Taipei Times 7 April 2011 10 April 2011 September 2023 Candidates Former Vice President Annette Lu Hsiu-lien formally announced her candidacy on February 28, 2011, the 64th anniversary of February 28 Incident.DPP’s Annette Lu formally launches presidential bid Vincent Y. Chao http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/03/01/2003497057 Taipei Times 1 March 2011 10 April 2011 She withdrew her candidacy on 22 March.Annette Lu drops bid for DPP’s nomination Vincent Y. Chao http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/03/23/2003498877 Taipei Times 23 March 2011 10 April 2011 It is unclear whether she would quit the party and run as an independent. Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen announced her candidacy on 11 March.Tsai Ing-wen officially launches presidential bid Vincent Y. Chao http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/03/12/2003497974 Taipei Times 12 March 2011 10 April 2011 Tsai is supported by former president Chen Shui-bian, former premiers Frank Hsieh Chang-ting and Yu Shyi-kun plus various pro-independence groups.Chen Shui-bian says Tsai has best chances for 2012 http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/02/12/290837/Chen-Shui-bian.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110215100455/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/02/12/290837/Chen-Shui-bian.htm dead February 15, 2011 The China Post 12 February 2011 10 April 2011Hsieh rules himself out as DPP presidential candidate Chen Wen-shing http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=11&id=20110319000085 https://archive.today/20130205215226/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=11&id=20110319000085 dead 5 February 2013 Want China Times 19 March 2011 10 April 2011 DPP's Tsai rejects calls to alter party's election rules http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/03/19/295235/DPPs-Tsai.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213400/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/03/19/295235/DPPs-Tsai.htm dead March 4, 2016 The China Post 19 March 2011 10 April 2011 Former premier Su Tseng-chang officially announced his candidacy a few hours after Lu withdrew on 22 March.Su announces presidential bid Vincent Y. Chao http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/03/23/2003498876 Taipei Times 23 March 2011 10 April 2011 Former DPP chairman Hsu Hsin-liang is also running.Third candidate vies for DPP ticket Vincent Y. Chao http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/03/26/2003499155 Taipei Times 26 March 2011 10 April 2011 Hsu ran unsuccessfully for the president in 1996 and 2000. He advocates "advance boldly to the west" (大膽西進) and wants to maximise Chinese capital, students and tourists coming to Taiwan. Opinion polls The DPP primary is carried out in the form of opinion polls.zh:民進黨總統初選民調25日晚6:30開始進行　接到機率1/300 http://www.nownews.com/2011/04/25/11490-2707602.htm NOWnews 25 April 2011 27 April 2011 Chinese Opinion polls are of the "comparative" form, where polled persons would be asked who would they support if the candidates were incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou and Tsai; if the candidates were Ma and Su; or if the candidates were Ma and Hsu. The polling was performed by five companies each calling 3,000 people. The population consists of 4.27 million telephone numbers that are at least one year old. The chance of getting polled is around one in three hundred. Candidates who poll below Ma would be eliminated and the remaining candidates with the highest rating would be nominated.DPP presidential primary poll to begin tomorrow Wang Pei-lin http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/04/24/2003501566 Taipei Times 24 April 2011 27 April 2011https://www.scribd.com/doc/53604128/DPP-Primary-Polling-Process 2011 DPP Presidential Primary Polling Process 27 April 2011 If all candidates rate below Ma, the person with the highest rating would be nominated. In the event of a tie, the winner would be the person who either defeated Ma by the most or trailed him by the least based on the gap between the candidates’ ratings and Ma's. The form of polling caused some controversy. If someone say they prefer all three DPP candidates over Ma, it would cancel out have no effect on the outcome. "The goal of the primaries is to choose one from three. If voters support all three candidates, it defeats the purpose of the poll", Frank Hsieh Chang-ting was quoted as saying.Question of single candidate support clouds DPP poll Vincent Y. Chao http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/04/14/200350070 Taipei Times 14 April 2011 27 April 2011 Some fans of Tsai therefore called on her supporters to only support Tsai in the polls, and tell the pollster they prefer Ma when asked about the other two candidates.Frank Hsieh denies fraud in DPP presidential preliminary http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2011/04/16/298839/Frank-Hsieh.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004458/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2011/04/16/298839/Frank-Hsieh.htm dead March 5, 2016 The China Post 16 April 2011 27 April 2011 Members of the Su camp were furious about this, calling it a "dirty trick" (詐術).zh:前立委陳金德：謝系耍詐術 排蘇暗助蔡 http://news.chinatimes.com/focus/110110/112011041500107.html China Times 15 April 2011 27 April 2011 Chinese December 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Tsai distanced herself from this, telling her supporters to campaign positively.23 April 2011 zh:網友喊投「蔡馬馬」 蔡英文籲理性 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wVm8WjbVJU Chinese Formosa TV Also, there is concern KMT supporters would skew the results by deliberately supporting a weaker candidate like Su when polled.zh:台民進黨初選藍營拱蘇抑蔡 DPP primary: KMT supports Su, suppress Tsai http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?Channel=ac&Path=367639581/14ac2a.cfm 10 April 2011 亞洲週刊 Yazhou Zhoukan Chinese On the first day of the official polls, DPP member Yang Hui-ju (楊蕙如) disclosed some survey numbers on her microblogging site. She claimed Tsai's campaign spokesperson Juan Chao-hsiung (阮昭雄) was the source.DPP candidates troubled by poll leak http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/04/27/2003501785 Taipei Times 27 April 2011 27 April 2011 Juan denied on the next day and Yang publicly apologized for her behavior.http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT2/6298402.shtml 楊蕙如泣訴：私人對話被公開 26 April 2011 udn.com 27 April 2011 Tsai's sexual orientation Tsai is a 54-year-old unmarried woman with no known boyfriend. Former DPP chairman Shih Ming-teh called for her to "proudly come out of the closet" like Iceland Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir in order to make Taiwan more progressive. Shih said that under Taiwan laws, only the opposite-sex spouse of the President is regulated and there would be no way to monitor if the same-sex partner of Tsai is taking bribes.謎樣的總統候選人 http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/33326167/IssueID/20110418 Apple Daily Shih's comments were strongly criticized by both KMT and DPP politicians, women's groups and gay rights groups.籲蔡公佈性向 朝野轟施無聊 Government and opposition legislators blast calls for Tsai to reveal her sexuality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvy_qg8UgXQ FTV news Tsai said she is not angry at Shih, but she would not respond to him, because to do so would make her "an accomplice of gender oppression". Tsai said she would strive to eliminate gender oppression in Taiwan and lead the country toward a pluralistic, inclusive society that respects human rights.DPP chairwoman brushes off homosexual jibe http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201104160013 Focus Taiwan News Channel https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135227/http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201104160013 5 March 2016 dead Result Pollster DPP Spotting MSRC ADSRC ERA Average Candidate DPP KMT DPP KMT DPP KMT DPP KMT DPP KMT DPP KMT Tsai 41.16% 36.23% 43.35% 33.45% 43.11% 33.81% 42.93% 35.87% 41.97% 35.86% 42.50% 35.04% Su 42.42% 33.23% 41.06% 32.58% 40.87% 33.44% 42.00% 34.49% 39.41% 35.22% 41.15% 33.79% Hsu 11.70% 52.44% 12.92% 49.08% 11.58% 51.18% 13.63% 51.99% 11.20% 52.54% 12.21% 51.45% References Category:2011 elections in Taiwan Category:Democratic Progressive Party Category:Primary elections in Taiwan Category:April 2011 in Taiwan