Soong, who had been far ahead in public opinion polls, has suffered a severe blow from the so-called "Chung Hsing Case," and his support has dropped markedly, so that now Chen and Kuomintang candidate Lien Chan are running neck-and-neck with him.
原先在民意調查中遙遙領先的宋楚瑜，也因為這起「興票案」重擊清廉形象，支持度下滑，讓選情演變成與連戰、陳水扁三雄鼎立的局勢。