Nationwide public opinion polling have been commissioned in the leadup to the Taiwanese presidential election of 2012 by various organisations, including the Apple Daily, China Times, Global Views Magazine, Liberty Times, Era News and TVBS News. Election forecasts have also been released by various organisations, including the National Chengchi University, China Times, "Gallup" Market Research (not part of the global Gallup organization), Global Views Magazine, and TVBS News, through the use of different forecasting models. It is important to note that in terms of political orientation, sources such as TVBS News, United Daily News, and China Times are considered to be pro-unification, while sources such as Liberty Times are considered to be pro-independence. Opinion polling Two-way race Three-way race Television debates performance rating Note that the percentages reflect the proportion of valid respondents who rated a particular candidate as performing the best during the presidential and vice-presidential television debates. Presidential debates Vice-presidential debates Election forecasting Polling firm forecasts Prediction market forecasts Note that as the election forecast reports released by the National Chengchi University are based on models that involve the use of prediction markets as raw data, as opposed to opinion polling, the percentages may not add up to 100%. Election forecast maps References External links Apple Daily Polls China Times Survey and Research Center Era News Survey Center Global Views Survey and Research Center Liberty Times TVBS News Poll Center United Daily Times Presidential election, 2008 Democratic Progressive Party Taiwan Opinion polling in Taiwan