In terms of public opinion, the "state-to-state" formula has elicited a wide variety of viewpoints. At the end of July the KMT Central Committee's Department of Policy Research conducted a survey concluding that 57 % of Taiwan's populace supports the government's decision to discontinue the use of the phrases "One China" and "equal political entities," while 23 % are opposed.
國民黨中央政策會七月底進行民意調查，結果發現，五成七的民眾支持政府以後不再使用「對等政治實體」或「一個中國」的說法，但是也有二成三的民眾反對。該民調也發現，「特殊國與國關係」主張出現後，民眾對兩岸關係一向持穩健立場的明年總統候選人連戰的支持度相對提高。