According to a public opinion survey by the United Daily News, Chen's approval ratings actually fell two percentage points after he went to Africa. 88 % of respondents knew that the president had been to Africa, but 66 % of these people could not name the countries he visited.
而根據聯合報的民意調查，陳水扁總統出訪非洲後，聲望反而下降兩個百分點，有八成八的民眾知道總統出訪邦交國，但其中有六成六的民眾說不出總統到過哪些國家。