Putting high hopes on this election, four days before the vote President Chen Shui-bian put forward five main principles for his proposed "National Security Alliance": to agree on national identity, achieve a breakthrough in cross-strait relations, promote democratic reforms, spark economic development, and eliminate social and political cleavages. He had hoped to achieve a consensus on these points between ruling and opposition parties.
對這一次選舉寄予厚望，陳水扁總統在選前四日，提出國安聯盟的五大原則：確立國家認同、突破兩岸關係、推動民主改革、振興經濟發展、消除隔閡對立等，希望凝聚朝野共識。