The DPP Calls for Round Two

摘要

THE DEMOCRATIC progres-sive Party is rebuilding its support among Taiwan's voters after severe defeats in Taiwan's 2008 Legisla-tive Yuan and presidential elections. Theprocess began earlier this year with grass-roots efforts such as rallies, a referendumdrive, volunteerism and typhoon relief. Theparty is now developing new policies to at-tract independent, middle-class and work-ing-class people hit hardest by theeconomic recession. The first resultsemerged on Sept. 26, when voters electedthe DPP's Liu Chien-kuo to the LegislativeYuan from Yunlin County and defeated aKuomintang-backed referendum on casi-nos in Penghu County.