Just look back over the last three years. The disputes over the very close March 2004 presidential election and the attempted assassination of President Chen (which opposition parties say was staged) have persisted right up to the present day. Then in late 2005 came the three-in-one elections (of which the most prominent were for city and county mayors), which again pitted the two camps against each other in a struggle for power.
以近 3 年為例，2004 年 3 月的總統大選及選舉前夕的槍擊案爭議延燒經年；2005 年底又舉辦牽動藍綠政治版圖的縣市長三合一選舉；緊接著 2006 年年中有基層選舉、年底則是指標意味極強的北高市長改選。