Public opinion hopes that Yao, the first DPP member to be appointed as president of the Examination Yuan, will uphold the prerogatives and independence of the his agency, despite the DPP's preference for a three-way separation of powers (as opposed to the existing five-way separation in which the Examination Yuan is a separate branch of government). It is also to be hoped that his pro-independence views will not affect the examination system.
輿論期望，身為首位擔任考試院長的民進黨人士，姚嘉文可以在民進黨三權分立理念中，維護考試權；並且不讓自己獨派色彩，影響考試權。