Xu Bodong, an academic at Beijing University who follows the DPP, points out that the Formosa faction members have had more contact with China than members of the other factions. He suggests the latter may have misconceptions and gaps in knowledge, and they are therefore subject to emotional thinking.
此外，大陸研究民進黨事務的北京聯合大學分校台灣研究室主任徐博東認為，除了美麗島系成員對大陸的接觸瞭解較多，其他派系卻因瞭解不夠，以致產生許多隔閡敵意，情緒性的觀點也較多。