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An election result is not a single-issue poll and the current government supports the status quo anyway (just being fundamentally more open to dialogue). A clear majority of the opulation supports de-facto independence (the current status) or even formal independence [0].

[0] https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/09/02/...

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"It's only a democracy if the results suits our interests"

You are not being objective, a poll is not a vote

In a vote, the registered population gets to vote using official ID

In a poll, only 'god' knows who the respondents are

Even when presented with facts and argumentation, people still downvote, i guess there is no turning back

No blood on my hands!

But no big party supports reunification with the current Chinese government, at best they have it as a long term goal. The election results do not show what you're claiming.

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