Yang Tai-shun agrees, adding that the primaries are intra-party, and concerns about the "overall image" of the party as in general elections are not the same.
針對謝深山的看法，楊泰順副教授亦有同感，他補充說明，初選是種黨內競爭，故而候選人無法如同在一般選舉中，依靠「黨的整體形象」贏得選舉。