Yap, whose dissertation will be on electoral research, has no strong party affiliation. However, he is mesmerized by the maps and data that are released after each election, using maps to record and compare historical voting distributions in Taiwan.
而目前以選舉研究為論文方向的葉高華，雖然黨派傾向不強，但卻醉心於每次選舉開票後的各種圖表數據，更用地圖紀錄、比對了台灣歷來選舉的得票分佈。