Taiwanese election

For the lack of better focus, politics to Taiwanese is like religion to Americans. The presidential election is on March 23rd so this Sunday is called 'Super Sunday' here with lots of events and parades through out Taiwan. The parade route for the DPP (Democratic Progressive Party) in Taipei is on our block. I even got a glimpse of the candidate. What it reminded me of, is the various parades in New York, like St. Patty's Day. People seem jovial and calm, even though their candidate is the underdog by a decent margin. Although I thought there would be a lot more people. What happened was that the people were spread out a lot so there is a really long stretch but not very concentrated.