[ipnon]

This is misleading. The two dominant parties are the KMT, the descendants of the post civil war military dictatorship that wants political union with the People's Republic of China, and the DPP, which wants to preserve Taiwan's independence as its own liberal democratic nation.

The DPP has won the last 2 elections, so it is fair to say that more Taiwanese believe Taiwan is an independent nation than not.

[eloisius]

To a large degree, KMT supporters don’t even want unification. They’re happy with a de facto independent ROC. Only a disappearing fringe consider themselves to be a province of China in 2021.

[ipnon]

Taiwan has really changed rapidly in this millenium but the average Western perception of its politics seems locked in the 1970s.