Both incoming mayors, Hau Lung-bin in Taipei and Chen Chu in Kaohsiung, are known from their previous cabinet experience to be strong leaders.
而回顧剛結束的北、高市長選戰，除了藍綠分據的政治基本盤外，新上任的市長郝龍斌和陳菊，都是形象鮮明、在內閣職位曾展現過魄力和抗壓性的政治工作者。