Support for Chen at a record high - TW

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ELECTION RACE: The 228 human-chain rally not only motivated voters, but also moved some KMT vote captains to express a desire to defect to the DPP
By Chang Yun-ping
STAFF REPORTER , WITH REUTERS AND AFP
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2004,Page 1

The latest poll by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) indicated the support rate for President Chen Shui-bian's (???) re-election bid has reached a record high since November last year following the success of the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally.

DPP campaign spokesperson Wu Nai-jen (???) said yesterday that Chen's support rate has increased by 4 percentage points since Saturday's massive island-long human-chain rally.

Wu said the spectacle of the rally protesting China's military threat touched the hearts of many people and gave a boost to Chen's support rate.

The DPP poll shows Chen's support rate at 40 percent, the highest it's been since the peak of public support in November last year when the president returned from successful overseas visits to the US and Panama.

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The small 'band of rebels' isn't doing so bad, aye! We did it without you Sean! I wish we could switch our immoral inept Bush with, from the day he entered school the top (#1) of his class, Presdient Chen Shui Bian! What a great future the Earth would have!