In this election, he took more than 70 % in Hsinchu and Miaoli, counties with large Hakka populations. Residents of the Ma clan village set off firecrackers to celebrate Ma's victory as if he were one of their own.
此次他在新竹與苗栗兩大客家縣均拿下 7 成以上的超高得票率，馬家庄還以為自己子弟慶賀的心情施放煙火慶祝，令人動容。