In a mid- November Gallup poll, commissioned by Sanlih TV, 33.1 % of respondents favored the Soong-Chang ticket, while both the DPP's Chen Shui-bian and the ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) ticket of Lien Chan and current premier Vincent Siew garnered 18.2 %. In addition, when asked whom they expected to win, the largest portion (34 %) said Soong and Chang.
以十一月中旬三立電視台委託蓋洛普所做的民調為例，約有三成三一的民眾支持「宋張配」，而「連蕭配」及陳水扁支持度則均為一成八二；此外，「宋張配」在看好度方面，首次以三成四的比例領先群倫。