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According to the latest American Portrait Survey, only 34% of Taiwanese respondents believe the United States is a credible country.
There is a strong partisan divide in Taiwan regarding U.S. credibility: 60% of DPP supporters view the U.S. as credible, compared to less than 10% of KMT supporters.
A public pledge by the U.S. President to defend Taiwan is considered a credible signal of intervention by 66% of Taiwanese people, nearly equal to the 64% who see an act of Congress protecting Taiwan as a credible signal.
U.S. military patrols in the Taiwan Strait are viewed by 68% of Taiwanese as the most effective signal of American intent to intervene in a conflict, more so than presidential statements or arms sales.
DPP supporters in Taiwan express a high willingness to defend the country regardless of U.S. intervention, whereas KMT and TPP supporters' willingness is highly sensitive to whether the U.S. provides military assistance.
The Taiwanese public is evenly split on whether TSMC's investment in the U.S. serves as a "Silicon Shield" that increases U.S. security commitment or a "Silicon Field" that hollows out Taiwan's strategic importance.
Alignment with the U.S. agenda has become a clear partisan cleavage in Taiwan for the first time, ending a long-standing cross-party consensus.
A clear majority of Taiwanese respondents (78.4%) believe that Taiwan and China do not belong to the same country.
A slender majority of KMT supporters (51.2%) believe that Taiwan and China are not part of the same country, a view that contradicts the KMT's official party platform on the 1992 Consensus.
Surveys show that 99% of Taiwanese respondents do not agree with Beijing's "One China Principle."
The percentage of Taiwanese people who believe in China's credibility increased from 11% to 17% between 2022 and 2025.
Among Taiwanese who believe the U.S. is a credible country, 81% to 91% also believe in U.S. security assurances to Taiwan.