In Taipei, President Chen has made repeated personal appearances with Lee Ying-yuan to boost his campaign, and many people had expected that the Taiwan Solidarity Union's spiritual leader Lee Teng-hui would also come out in support of Lee Ying-yuan at the close of the campaign. But following the farmers 'and fishermen's demonstration, voices within the DPP have called for President Chen to clearly dissociate himself from Lee Teng-hui.
台北方面，之前李應元一直由陳總統陪同造勢，原本不少人期待台聯精神領袖李登輝在最後時刻為李應元站台拉抬聲勢，但農漁民遊行事件後，民進黨內已傳出要求扁李劃清界限的聲音。