Congressman Steven Solarz, Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Subcommittee of the House of Representatives, says both parties deserve praise--the KMT for holding the fairest, freest elections yet, and the DPP for participating even though it was impossible for them to win a majority of seats.
來台觀察選舉過程的美國眾議院外交委員會亞太小組主席索拉茲指出，執政黨主導此次台灣有史以來最公正自由的選舉，而反對黨在明知不可能成為多數的情況下，仍然參與競選，因此兩黨都值得讚許。