Since the 1989 supplementary elections for the Legislative Yuan, many candidates have liked to make a priority of raising the issue of Taiwan's relationship with mainland China when campaigning.
從民國七十八年最後一次增額立委選舉以來的歷次選舉中，許多候選人最愛提的「統獨問題」，在本次選舉已顯著被放棄。