2012 president

2012 Presidential Election

Date of election: Jan 14 2012

Three way race

Date	Ma	Tsai	Soong	DK	n	Org
Jan 2	42.6	49.8	10.7			xfuture
Jan 3	45	37	6	12		TVBS
Jan 3	40	37	6	17		CT
Jan 3	44	36	7	14		UDN
Dec 29	44	35	7	14		TVBS
Dec 27	44	38	6	12	1125	TVBS
Dec 26	42	37	7	14	1183	CT
Dec 22	41	35	8	16	1415	TVBS
Dec 22	36	35	10	19	1258	LT
Dec 17	41	33	10	15	1034	UDN
Dec 17	39	38	8	15	984	CT
Dec 17	40	36	7	17	1197	TVBS
Dec 15	35	33	11	21	1461	LT
Dec 14	40	38	7	15	1527	TVBS
Dec 13	40	39	8	13	1131	CT
Dec 12	42	35	10	13	2010	UDN
Dec 10	40	33	10	16	1160	UDN
Dec 10	43	35	7	15	996	CT
Dec 10	39	39	6	16	1268	TVBS
Dec 8	31	31	11	27	863	LT
Dec 7	41	37	8	14	1683	TVBS
Dec 3	39	32	10	19	1342	UDN
Dec 3	40	33	9	19	998	CT
Dec 3	38	32	12	18	984	TVBS
Dec 1	40	34	7	19	1073	TVBS
Nov 29	43	35	8	13	1145	CT
Nov 27	41	35	10	14	2013	UDN
Nov 24	41	40	10	9	1153	CT
Nov 23	40	38	7	15	1835	TVBS
Nov 23	33	36	10	21	1285	LT
Nov 20	34	40	11	15	1068	新台灣國策智庫
Nov 18	43	38	10	9	1079	CT
Nov 16	39	39	9	12	1320	TVBS
Nov 14	41	39	9	11	1090	CT
Nov 12	41	36	9	14	2017	UDN
Nov 10	39	38	9	14	1161	TVBS
Nov 9	34	33	11	12	1477	LT
Nov 8	42	39	9	10	1067	CT
Nov 3	38	35	14	13	840	TVBS
Nov 2	32	36	14	18		新台灣國策智庫
Oct 31	39	33	9	20	1207	TVBS
Oct 26	42	33	13	12	1162	TVBS
Oct 26	32	30	11	27	1410	LT
Oct 24	41	37	11	11	1024	CT
Oct 20	43	35	12	10	1456	TVBS
Oct 18	42	34	9	17	1006	CT
Oct 15	43	32	11	14	2008	UDN
Oct 12	38	34	15	13	972	TVBS
Oct 10	38	31	13	18	1009	CT
Oct 6	40	35	13	13	884	TVBS
Oct 2	40	36	13	11	1014	CT
Sept 28	40	33	14	13	1448	TVBS
Sept 22	42	32	15	11	1318	TVBS
Sept 20	39	32	11	18	1047	CT
Sept 16	32	32	13	23	1376	LT
Sept 14	42	34	14	10	879	TVBS
Sept 14	40	32	13	15	2014	UDN
Sept 9	39	32	14	15	1013	CT
Sept 7	31	28	15	26	1424	LT
Sept 5	33	32	13	22		太平洋
Aug 30	40	32	17	12	1077	TVBS
Aug 23	35	33	14	18		遠見
Aug 15	39	35	16	9	1093	TVBS
Aug 14	38	31	15	16	2014	UDN
Aug 3	33	29	10	28	1088	CT

Two way race

date	Ma	Tsai	DK	n	Org
Nov 23	37	40	23	1285	LT
Nov 18	45	40	15	1079	CT
Nov 16	46	45	9	1320	TVBS
Nov 14	42	39	18	1090	CT
Nov 12	45	39	16	2017	UDN
Nov 10	45	44	11	1161	TVBS
Nov 9	37	36	27	1477	LT
Nov 8	44	41	15	1067	CT
Nov 3	47	42	10	840	TVBS
Nov 2	38	31	10	1688	太平洋
Nov 2	40	37	23		新台灣國策智庫
Oct 31	46	39	15	1207	TVBS
Oct 26	44	39	17	1162	TVBS
Oct 26	36	36	28	1410	LT
Oct 24	43	39	18	1024	CT
Oct 20	45	39	16	1456	TVBS
Oct 18	44	36	20	1006	CT
Oct 15	46	36	18	2008	UDN
Oct 12	43	38	19	972	TVBS
Oct 10	41	32	27	1009	CT
Oct 6	45	38	17	884	TVBS
Oct 2	42	37	21	1014	CT
Sept 28	46	38	17	1448	TVBS
Sept 22	47	37	17	1318	TVBS
Sept 20	41	36	23	1047	CT
Sept 16	36	37	27	1376	LT
Sept 14	48	37	16	879	TVBS
Sept 14	46	39	15	2014	UDN
Sept 9	44	34	22	1013	CT
Sept 7	37	34	29	1424	LT
Sept 5	41	39	20		太平洋
Aug 30	46	37	17	1077	TVBS
Aug 23	40	38	22		遠見
Aug 14	44	36	20	2014	UDN
Aug 3	34	29	37	1088	CT
July 26	36	34	30	1047	LT
July 15	37	37	26	1229	遠見
July 13	43	37	20	2006	UDN
July 7	44	36	17	990	TVBS
June 21	41	36	23		遠見
June 20	44	39	16	1038	TVBS
May 30	46	42	10	1028	TVBS
May 24	31	35	34	1021	LT
May 19	45	44	10	897	TVBS
May 18	45	27	28	988	UDN
May 18	35	27	38	927	CT
Apr 27	43	42	15	968	TVBS
Apr 27	36	37	27	828	UDN
Apr 27	33	33	34	1023	CT

polls prior to DPP nomination

date	Ma Ying-jeou	Tsai Ing-wen	Su Tseng-chang	DK	n	Org
3/22	37		36	27	865	TVBS
3/22	41	34		25	865	TVBS
3/22	38		32	30	914	CT
3/22	36	30		34	914	CT
3/10	40		40	20	800	TVBS
3/10	38	39		23	80	TVBS
3/10	35		31	33	816	UDN
3/10	37	31		32	816	UDN
2/28-3/1	41		39	20	811	TVBS
2/28-3/1	43	37		20	811	TVBS
1/18-21	46		38	16	1067	TVBS
1/18-21	48	37		15	1067	TVBS
Nov 28	45		28	26	1169	UDN
Nov 28 2010	44	30		25	1169	UDN

DPP Nomination

date	Tsai Ing-wen	Su Tseng-chang	Annette Lu.	Others listed	Others	None	DK	n	Org
3/22	27	32					41	914	CT
1/18-21	25	23	6	12		13	21	1067	TVBS
Nov 28	23	17		11				1169	UDN
Nov 28 2010	28	20		12				1151	CT

Others listed:

1/18-21: Lin Yi-hsiung 5, Chen Chu 4, Frank Hsieh 3

Nov 28, 2010 UDN poll: Lin Yi-hsiung 6, Su Chia-chuan 5

Nov 28, 2010 CT poll: Lin Yi-hsiung 4, Su Chia-chuan 4, Chen Chu 4

Date is last day of interviews when available.  Otherwise, date is date of press story.

Organizations:

TVBS = TVBS (TV news station, leans blue)

UDN = United Daily News (newspaper, leans blue)

CT = China Times (newspaper, leans blue)

LT = Liberty Times (newspaper, leans green)