A telephone survey by the United Daily News of 900 people in early October found that while only 4.3 percent thought that supplemental legislators do not represent the will of the people, some 32.6 percent held that senior legislators do not--indicating that the public hopes for reelections.
聯合報在十月初曾以電話抽樣訪問了九百位民眾，其中認為增額立委不能代表民意的，只佔百分之四．三；而認為資深立委不能代表民意的，佔了百分之卅二．六，明確顯示民眾對充實國會的期望。