There is a deeper significance to camera-attracting activities: "So-called democracy is a system where 'the number of heads counts.' Whoever can mobilize the biggest crowd is the most powerful," notes Chen Chin-kui, associate professor of public administration at Chung-hsing University.
造勢活動還有一層意義：「民主政治就是『數人頭』的政治，誰能動員群眾，誰就有力量」，中興大學公共行政系副教授陳金貴指出。