Two Taipei city councillors are running together again, and their main worry is that voters think they are already safe.

• Miao Poya and Lin Liang-chun registered jointly for the Taipei city council race, without former partner Wu Cheng, who is no longer running for elected office.
• They pitched eight years of working as the same questioning team, holding both former mayor Ko Wen-je and current mayor Chiang Wan-an to account.
• Their fear is "all applause, no votes" — voters praise their record but assume they will win anyway and give their vote to someone else.
• In multi-seat races that assumption can sink a popular candidate, so they are asking supporters to actually turn out.

Outlook: Both will campaign hard on the message that a safe-looking seat is not a safe seat, with the vote counted only on election day.