Many supporters of James Soong are people dissatisfied with the current state of the main parties. It is generally believed that if Soong wins the election, this could spark a dramatic reorganization of party politics. The main blow could fall on the New Party, which could find itself made irrelevant, with the KMT also strongly affected.
「超黨派」的宋系人馬被視為不滿目前政治現狀者的集結，一般咸認，宋楚瑜若當選總統，將會引起一波劇烈的政黨改組巨變，而首當其衝的是新黨，很可能被取而代之，其次則是國民黨。