The two clearest trends of political development in the Republic of China are democratization (the broadening of political participation) and liberalization (the increase of political competition), and the basic force behind this development is elections.
民主化（政治參與的擴大）、自由化（政治競爭的增加）則是中華民國政治發展二個最明顯的趨勢，而這個發展的基本動力就是選舉。