Taiwan's voters more focused on economy than Beijing's threats

With no further polling allowed before the final vote, the state of the presidential race is now clear: Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party, (DPP), vice president under current President Tsai Ing-wen, leads the polls with support of between 30.9 and 40 per cent across the latest range of surveys. Lai's main challenger, Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang (KMT), has between 24.1 and 38 per cent. The third candidate, Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), a colourful no-nonsense former Taipei city mayor, has between 18.9 and 25.2 per cent support. People's Party (TPP) presidential hopeful, Ko Wen-je…