The nuclear power referendum, along with recent efforts to promote a referendum on Taiwan's entry into the World Health Organization, have created the appearance of government and opposition parties competing to see who can prove themselves more supportive of the referendum idea. This is despite the fact that even today there remains no legal basis for holding referenda, a fact which casts doubt on whether or not a nuclear power referendum will be binding.
此外，核四公投與近來加入世界衛生組織公投，除已在朝野引發一場「誰比較支持公投」的戰役外，由於公投至今沒有法源依據，也讓未來核四公投結果的可行性遭致懷疑。