The Role of Chief of Borough in Local Elections-A Case Study on Zhongzheng District in 2014 Taipei Municipal Council Election

里長是民眾所熟悉的地方公職人員，也是與民眾最親密接觸的政治角色，與民眾的關係親近使得里長在選舉中占有舉足輕重的角色。 然而，專門針對里長選舉與政治角色的研究目前在國內並不多見，因此本研究以里長於地方選舉中扮演的角色為主題，目的在探究當今里長於 地方選舉中的角色扮演，其運作方式以及影響力，同時研究里長通常久任不下之原因，也提出里長選舉新人獲勝之關鍵，希冀本研究填補選舉研究中里長角色之空白。 本研究發現當今里長於地方選舉中仍具有樁腳角色，其運作與互動在平日即密切頻繁，不是等到選舉時才合作，雖然里長的影響力相較過去較為弱化，但仍具有一定程度的影響力，對於議員候選人而言，里長的支持仍然非常重要。里長久任不下與其人際關係網絡的經營最為相關，而新人要勝出則需要較長時間的準備及投入，同時也需配合好的時機點。The chief of borough is a very important role in local politics. However, in Taiwan, there are not many studies related to the political roles of the chief of borough. Most of the studies concerning the chief of borough are in the area of public administration. Therefore, this thesis will focus on the political roles of the chief of borough. There are two main purposes of this study. The first one is to find out how chiefs of borough help councilor candidates to win the election and how they interact with each other during elections and in normal times. The other purpose is to find out the reason why new candidates can hardly win in the election of chief of borough and how they can do make themselves win. This study takes a close look at the Taipei municipal council election and the chief of borough election in Zhongzheng District in 2014. The findings of this study are : (1) Chiefs of borough are actually vote brokers and they are still important to the councilor candidates. (2) In chief of borough election, networking is the most important. (3) In chief of borough election, it takes much more time and determinations for new candidates to win