On college students’ democratic value orientation in 1991, 2001, and 2011, the research discovered that college students’ democratic value orientations in 1991 were more supportive than those in 2001 and 2011, and the agents of political socialization had significant changes in those three years. In 1991, among agents of political socialization, the most influential ones on college students were the mass media, followed by the school. In 2001 and 2011, the school was the most influential.
Moreover, in 1991, the influential factors on college students’ democratic value orientation were gender, and fathers’ political affiliation while in 2001 and 2011, the influential factors were fathers’
education .Besides the influence of agents of political socialization, there were other reasons which caused the weakening of college students’ democratic value orientations. Through democratic reforms, most requests have been realized. In the meantime, Taiwan has undergone party alternations twice and consensus on democratic values has been reached. Political focuses have therefore been shifted from democratic values to varied public policies.