In the KMT, after Wu Po-hsiung offered his resignation to accept responsibility for the defeat but was persuaded to stay on, the party decided to change its strategy for nominations for the year-end elections.
輸得也挺慘的國民黨，在秘書長吳伯雄辭職獲慰留後，已決定更改年底縣市長選戰的提名策略。