Elections on Taiwan 20 or 30 years ago were rather straightforward affairs. As a county councilman elected at the time recalls, all a candidate needed then were a few words of support from an influential member of the local gentry and he or she would pass with flying colors.
二、三十年前，選舉在台灣地區還是相當單純的；曾經當選桃園縣議員的林達記得，那時只要地方上德高望重的鄉紳登高一呼，候選人通常都能過關。