Will Jiang Wanan, the fourth generation of the Chiang family, represent the Kuomintang in the 2024 election? Taipei City Councilor You Shuhui revealed that the Kuomintang has reached two consensuses, and the candidate must be Lu Xiuyan.
Jiang Wanan's ability to become the mayor of Taipei is inseparable from his personal ability, but it is even more inseparable from his identity as the fourth generation of the Jiang family. There is no doubt that Jiang Wanan will become the leader of the KMT in the future, but it will be difficult to represent the KMT in the leadership of the Taiwan region in 2028. The crux of the matter is that the Kuomintang has already failed to run for election on behalf of three people, and it is impossible to put forward another incumbent county mayor to run for the leadership of the Taiwan region. Zhu Lilun in 2016, Han Kuo-yu in 2020 and Hou Youyi in 2024 all ran for the leadership of Taiwan as the "mayor of the six capitals", but they all failed.
In this regard, Kuomintang Taipei City Councilor You Shuhui said that the Kuomintang has reached a consensus on two points in private. First, the KMT will not put forward another incumbent candidate to run for the leadership of the Taiwan region. Second, the KMT's next candidate must also be the party chairman. According to You Shuhui, the KMT's next candidate must be Lu Xiuyan. In fact, Lu Xiuyan represented the Kuomintang in the election, and there were at least three major advantages. First, Lu Xiuyan's status as a woman, and she is a second-generation person from another province who is married to a person from this province, which is very conducive to maximizing votes. Second, Lu Xiuyan has a harmonious approach and is able to handle the relationship with both the blue and green sides in the blue-green swing area of central Taiwan.
Third, Lu Xiuyan is an extremely rare politician with increasing approval ratings. Generally speaking, the approval rating of Taiwanese politicians will be getting lower and lower, while Lu Xiuyan is getting higher and higher. When she first served as the mayor of Taichung, Lu Xiuyan's support was the lowest among the mayors of the "six capitals". The longer she served as mayor, the higher Ms. Lu's approval ratings grew. Today, Lu Xiuyan's approval rating remains the first among the mayors of the "six capitals". After stepping down as mayor of Taichung in 2026, Lu Xiuyan will most likely become the chairman of the Kuomintang, and then represent the Kuomintang in the 2028 election.
