A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

For what it’s worth, Taipei’s fifth electoral district has voted in favour of the winning president in every race except 2004.

Will 24% of voters who liked Ko enough to vote for him a year ago back a recall effort against a DPP Legislator?

Based on declining TPP membership, elders being mad enough to chant 垃圾黨 and Huang, not Tsai Pi-ru leading the TPP, the answer would be no in my estimate.

But as Donovan Smith pointed out when I talked to him earlier this week, public polls indicated favour for Tsai Pi-ru while hardline party votes chose Huang for party chair.
I don’t think that bodes well for TPP bolstering 罷免 efforts

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The fifth electoral district recall may no go nowhere but since last year’s election the TPP has gone further to the blue camp, especially under Huang. If he throws the TPP’s official backing behind the recall it would be indicative how much there is an appetite for a pan-blue TPP

The fifth electoral district in Taipei however is contested, as in 2024 election Lai won 38.23% followed by Hou with 37.10% and Ko with 24.67%

Sitting legislator Wu Pei-yi 吳沛憶 won her seat by 10,000 votes over KMT candidate 鐘小平 and no party affiliated candidate 于美人(former TV host)