ABSTRACT
Unlike the relatively new national-level elections, local elections have been conducted in Taiwan since the 1930s, over a decade before the arrival of the ROC regime. The patterns of local political competition have often been radically different from those at the national level. A glance at Taiwan’s recent grassroots elections will leave the uninitiated observer scratching their heads, wondering whether the data or dates are correct. Even in districts where the DPP runs the county government, over two decades after the lifting of martial law, the KMT is often still the dominant party in grassroots elections.
