Throughout the 2002 year-end Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral election campaigns there has been little change in the relative strengths of the contenders, with the Democratic Progressive Party-the ruling party nationally-far better placed in the south than in the north. Whether any surprise upsets will occur will depend on those floating voters who are still undecided.
二○○二年底北高市長選舉的態勢一直沒有太大變化，執政黨選情南高北低，會不會有太意外的翻轉，將視仍在觀望的中間選民而定。