According to official stats from the Ministry of the Interior, about 1.2 million young Taiwanese will be eligible to vote for the first time by the presidential election next year. And as their unpredictable voting intentions may be a decisive factor in the final result, these new voters have become a significant target for both of the major parties.

Accompanied by some first-time voters consisted of students, President Ma Ying-jeou went to the KMT headquarter to sign up for the presidential primary.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of the Interior, the population of first-time voters would be around 1.2 million next year.

While some of them say they will seize their opportunity to vote, others express their unwillingness to fulfill the civil duty.

Although it's their first time to exercise the right to vote, some first-time voters are careful who they select as they are concerned with platforms comprehensively.

According to scholars, these first-time voters are less politically inclined and are likely to make more rational choices.

But from academic researches, it's believed that the first time voting experience would influence voter's political inclination.

While the percentage of such voters is limited, each political party is trying its best to grab votes from the groups and hope to make some influences in future power flux.