The answer remains to be seen. What can be expected, however, is that the unification-vs.-independence issue will continue to simmer, as each presidential candidate in turn revises his originally clear-cut position and shifts toward the middle ground of "insisting on Taiwan first, and letting the people decide their own future."
可以預見的是，統獨議題的重要性將持續發酵，各候選人也將紛紛修正自己原來的鮮明立場，一致向「堅持台灣優先、未來則由全民決定」的中間立場靠攏。