Every one of these matters is connected to political contributions. Candidates for public office in Taiwan customarily measure their chances for success by the amount of contributions they are able to attract. It takes a lot of money, after all, to put on big, eye-grabbing rallies throughout one's constituency.
依照台灣選舉文化的運作，大多數民選政治人物都相信擁有大量政治獻金是反映自己勝選機率的指標，也只有在經費不虞匱乏的條件下，才能搭起一場場拚規模、拚氣勢的造勢晚會，獲得勝選。