They both support the government's unification policies. Some DPP candidates who have unfailingly advocated Taiwan independence, such as Lu Hsiu-yi, Shen Fu-hsiung, Chen Wan-chen and Lin Cho-shui, won impressive victories in their respective electoral districts.
他們在選舉時對於一些敏感問題不但未迴避，而且願意做公開辯論。這些做法顯示未來立院將走上兩黨公開論政型態，而不再是激情式作法，期待以此為基礎能夠將憲政架構制度化。