When Lee Teng-hui took office he successfully promoted democratization, yet only as far as the introduction of direct presidential elections. On the other hand, public order deteriorated, the democratic culture failed to take firm root, and ethnic tensions became exacerbated. Furthermore, the black gold problem grew worse and Taiwan was pushed to the brink of war with the mainland. And after all that, the party was booted out of office.
李登輝執政至今，雖然民主有成，但他只做到選總統的直選制度，但法治不健全、民主文化更未建立，族群對立反而激化；此外，黑金問題坐大，兩岸則瀕臨戰爭邊緣，最後還把國民黨整個搞垮，失去了政權，因此，他給李登輝主政的國民黨打五十五分，不及格。