根據天下雜誌歷年來所作的國情調查顯示,國人對於島內族群衝突感到嚴重的比率由2000年不到兩成飆升的2005年將近六成的歷史新高,值得政府當局重視。本研究變異數分析(ANOVA)發現,在桃園縣顯示閩南與原住民族群傾向較滿意朱縣長的整體施政。在新竹縣顯示非閩南族群傾向較滿意鄭縣長的整體施政。在新竹市顯示客家與大陸各省族群傾向較滿意林市長的整體施政。在苗栗縣顯示客家與大陸各省族群傾向較滿意傅縣長的整體施政。由此可見除了桃園縣長朱立倫外,新竹縣市首長鄭永金縣長與林政則市長以及苗栗縣長傅學鵬的施政滿意度都相當吻合本文的研究假設,非閩南族群傾向較支持泛藍的客家籍縣市長。從桃竹苗地區各族群的政治傾向比較,顯示苗栗縣與桃園縣的族群政治傾向較不明顯,而新竹縣市的族群政治傾向則較為明顯。可能原因是苗栗縣的派系意識強過政黨意識;而桃園縣工商發達,外來人口衆多,工業化與都市化程度較深,使得職業與階級意識沖淡了族群意識。
Global Magazine's recent poll shows that more than half of the people in Taiwan worry about ethnic conflict on the island. According to ANOVA in this empirical research, the Minnan and Aboriginal people are more satisfied with the TaoYuan county commissioner's performance; non-Minnan's people are more satisfied with Hsinchu county commissioner's performance; hakka and mainlander ethnics are more satisfied with the Hsinchu city mayor's performance; Hakkaness and Mainlanders are more satisfied with Miaoli county commissioner's performance. This paper shows that non-Minnan people do support the pan-blue Hakkaness commissioner or mayor more except the Taoyuan county commissioner. On the other hand, ethnical sense is more significant in Hsinchu county and city, since factional sense is stronger than partisan sense in Miaoli county and the occupational class sense dilutes the ethnic sense in Taoyuan county.