Since the ruling Kuomintang always had a policy of bringing along talented young Taiwanese, Hsiao, with his super-clean, fresh, and scholarly image, fit the bill, enabling him to stand out from the over thirty other candidates in his election district.
由於執政黨向來有拔擢本省青年從政的政策，使蕭天讚以一介書生而能獲提名與重點支持。而他打著「書生從政」、「老農夫養出台大兒子」的清新形象，讓他在第四選區的卅餘位候選人中極為突出。