Are people in northern Taiwan smarter?

Hmm, I was just browsing the Taipei Times today and then read an article titled, "Hsieh warns of one-party dominance." The article was sensible, warning people about the potential dangers of giving the KMT total control over the government. Despite the fact that the KMT holds a majority in the legislative yuan (allowing them to dictate policies), Hsieh can still function a check against their power.

But that's beside the point. What was really interesting was how Ma's campaign spokesman accused the DPP of trying to make twist Ma's plan of recognizing Chinese educational credentials. According to Shyu Jong-shyoung (徐中雄), spokesman for Ma,

"Voters in central and southern Taiwan are influenced by such negative campaign
tactics. We urge Hsieh to restrain his staff from continuing such low tricks,"

This statement is just so... Everyone knows that the DPP has never been strong in Northern Taiwan given their continual infatuation with the KMT and old CKS. Now Shyu comes in and twists that around to make it sound like that people from central and southern Taiwan are less educated. Ridiculous, given the fact that most of Taipei's population is made up of people that came from central/southern Taiwan.