In the end, it was not the very close race that most polls had been predicting. Ma Ying-jeou is back with a 6 percent lead over Democratic Progressive Party hopeful Tsai Ing-wen in a poll with a 74 percent voter turnout. The Kuomintang is also assured of an overall majority in the Legislature with 64 out of 113 seats.
As a result of the victory, politica…