The Research on the Factors that Influence Vietnamese Female New Immigrants’ Voting Behavior

[[abstract]]我國從上世紀90年代起，跨國婚姻的情形相當盛行，尤其本國男性迎娶東南亞或中國大陸女性最為普遍，而大量的外籍女子嫁至臺灣，成為「新移民」特殊族群，經由多年的依親居留程序後，申請歸化為我國國民，並享有選舉等公民權利。由於新住民來臺之前，曾於母國經歷不同教育環境與的社會化經驗；來臺之後，新的家庭生活與社經條件等，均會對其能否融入社會造成影響。選舉權，是大部分的臺灣人民最頻繁，也最直接的政治參與活動，目前臺灣的新移民人數已超過50萬人，高於各原住民族群的總和，新移民的政治意向已逐漸受到矚目。國內新移民以中國大陸配偶最多，其次則為越籍配偶，本研究即擇選新北市新莊與泰山地區越籍女性新移民進行訪查，瞭解政治社會化經驗、實際政治參與的情形，並分析影響其選舉意向的因素。[[abstract]]Since the late 1990s, there has been an increase in transnational marriage in Taiwan. Because of that, a significant number of women from Southeast Asia and Mainland China have immigrated as spouses of Taiwanese men. These female immigrants, known as “new immigrants”, make up another special group among the popularity in Taiwan. Through years of application procedures for naturalization, they become Taiwanese citizens eventually and they share the same civil rights like all the other citizens in Taiwan. Before the new immigrants migrated to Taiwan, they went through educational environment and socialization experience which were different from those in Taiwan. After settling down in Taiwan, their integration into Taiwan society will be effected by their family life, socioeconomic status and so on. Voting is the most common expression of political participation for the majority of Taiwanese. The total number of new immigrants in Taiwan is currently more than 500,000, which is much larger than the amount of all the aboriginals. Therefore, the political inclination of the new immigrants is gradually concerned. The largest group of the new immigrants are from the Mainland China. The new immigrants from Mainland China takes the majority of the total new immigrants, and the Vietnamese new immigrant population is the second largest. In this research, the Vietnamese new immigrants at the Xinzhuang and Taishan Dists, New Taipei City, were chosen to be investigated to determine their political socialization experience and actual political participation condition and analyze the factors which influence their voting behavior.[[note]]碩