Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ke Chih-en faces criticism over poll performance

Kaohsiung city council candidate Yin Li has analyzed the poll numbers for rival Ke Chih-en, a candidate for mayor, attributing Ke's consistent losses to five critical "fail" reasons. Yin suggested that Ke's campaign is struggling due to a combination of fundamental errors and a disconnect with local realities.

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The first major failing is Ke's neglect of basics while pretending to be local.

The first major failing, according to Yin, is Ke's "neglect of basics while pretending to be local." He cited instances where Ke misidentified local landmarks like "Dali Department Store" as "Dali Optics Department Store" and "Weiwuying" as "Dawuying" in 2022. More recently, her campaign mistakenly listed the "Dingshan Night Market," which closed 12 years ago, as a local recommendation, undermining her claims of deep local roots.

Yin also criticized Ke for "habitually disparaging while opportunistically piggybacking." He recalled Ke's public criticism of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest in Kaohsiung, calling startup subsidies insufficient and large installations "fireworks." Yet, he noted, Ke and her party have since shifted their stance, proposing a "concert economy 2.0" after Kaohsiung gained international recognition for hosting major concerts, which Yin characterized as purely opportunistic and politically calculated.

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habitually disparaging while opportunistically piggybacking

Further points of criticism include Ke's "revealing true feelings during street sweeps and creating false poll illusions." Yin suggested Ke's "arrogant attitude" was exposed when she told supporters in the former Kaohsiung County that the KMT was "finished" there, deeply offending local grassroots supporters and revealing her perceived lack of genuine affinity. Additionally, Yin accused Ke of "cutting budgets in the central government and allowing online trolls to bully." He argued that as a legislator-at-large, Ke failed to prioritize Kaohsiung's interests, cutting local construction budgets to align with party politics. He also criticized her insufficient response to online bullying targeting a child, deeming it a failure of basic human decency and educational ethics.

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cutting budgets in the central government and allowing online trolls to bully