Sun Ta-chuan, a lecturer in the philosophy department at Soochow University, who is also of Puyuma ancestry, observes that in traditional tribal society leaders inherited their power or were selected by the nobility from within their own ranks, which is quite at odds with the current political system; this can make it difficult for people to adapt to participating in an electoral system.
卑南族裔的東吳大學哲學系講師孫大川指出，傳統部落社會的權力形成方式，或為世襲、或為貴族推派，和現行政治制度截然不同，在參與選舉制度時，就難免適應不良。