The DPP's win in Taiwan's second direct presidential election was in large part the result of a serious schism within the Kuomintang (KMT) that split its support between two candidates. The race was very reminiscent of Taipei's first direct mayoral election in 1994, which Chen won when breakaway candidate Jaw Shau-kong split the KMT vote.
固然，這並不是我們第一次全民直選總統，並且若不是國民黨家變，泛國民黨票源一分為二，重演第一次台北市長民選「趙少康效應」戲碼，民進黨不可能那麼快便能在中央執政。