China Times opinion polls showed a 48 % level of support for Wu's appointment as premier, and 65 % for Chu's vice-premiership. Approval ratings for the Ma administration as a whole rose 10 percentage points to about 40 %, and 53 % expressed faith in the future of the administration, providing evidence of a recovery from the political turmoil that followed Typhoon Morakot.
根據中時民調中心調查，正、副閣揆名單發佈後，吳敦義與朱立倫分別獲得 48％及 65％的高度支持，馬總統的施政滿意度也大幅回升 10 個百分點至 4 成左右，更有超過半數（53％）的民眾，表示對馬政府未來施政有信心，一場因天災而起的施政危機，至此已順利化解。