Global Views Survey Research Center (GVSRC) planned and initiated the “Taiwan Public Mood Index” (TPMI) survey in June 2006. GVSRC releases survey results regularly every month to provide references for interested parties domestically and internationally.

1. “ Taiwan Public Mood Index” August 2009 TPMI falls to a record low since Ma and his administration took office in May last year.

2. PCI this month Taiwanese have reassessed their trust in the government and in the opposition in a major way and the earlier differences between RSTI and OSTI are consequently reversed. The majority of Taiwanese even believe a cabinet reshuffle is necessary.

3. RSTI this month The three trust indexes’ poor performance this month is a major warning for the KMT since it returned to power with its control of majority seats in the legislature last year.

4. OSTI this month DPP’s trust index is only 0.4 point lower than that of ruling KMT’s. This is the smallest gap between the two parties’ trust indexes since the survey started in June 2006.

5. POI this month Taiwanese people are dissatisfied with the relief efforts performance of Ma’s administration. DPP may impeach President Ma, while the court is expected to hand out a verdict on the corruption case against former DPP President Chen Shui-bian and his family on September 11. These factors all lead the domestic political index to drop.