According to analysts, part of the reason was the fact that, as the ruling party for the past 40 years, the KMT has to be held responsible for many mistakes--no matter whether they were made by the KMT or not--in the eyes of many voters. Some voters may have decided to vote for the DPP only to provide what they perceive as checks and balances to the ruling party.
一些選舉分析家表示，其中部分理由是，在許多選民眼中，執政黨執政了四十年，應為不少施政缺失負責﹘﹘不論這些缺失是否為國民黨所為；也有些選民投票給民進黨，只是想藉此反對黨來制衡執政黨。