James Soong, who left the KMT to run as an independent, lost the election to Chen by less than three percent of the vote. Moreover, Soong finished far ahead of the KMT candidate, Lien Chan. Soong's success has created uncertainty for the remaking of Taiwan's political landscape.
另就政治生態來說，脫黨參選的宋楚瑜只以不到百分之三的選票落選，遙遙領先國民黨候選人連戰，已經為台灣政治版圖的重整，投下前所未有的變數。