This and the fact that no high-ranking administration officials turned out at the ceremony suggests DPP apprehension towards its would-be comrade-in-arms. The 39 legislative candidates for the TSU are almost the political spitting images of their DPP counterparts, suggesting significant voter overlap. Some TSU candidates turned coat out of resentment after the DPP failed to nominate them.
翻開提名名單，三十九名台聯立委候選人中，和民進黨同質性高、票源重疊者不少，甚至有未獲民進黨黨內初選提名、憤而倒戈轉入者。