Sunday, May 29, 2011

The neutral voters

According to political analysts, of all the voters, 25% are pro-PAP and 25% pro-Opposition. To these two groups, the candidates and policies matter very little.

The remaining 50% belong to the neutral group. Probably they base their decisions on the qualities of the candidates, the policies, their trust of the parties and their desire for more opposition MPs.


The results: PAP 60% and Oppositions 40%. If we exclude the 25% of the partisan voters from both sides, the ratio is 35 to 15. That means the PAP got 70% of votes from the neutral voters while the oppositions got 30%.


This shows most people have trust in the PAP and its candidates and accept most of its policies. So there is no need for the PAP to feel too badly about the drop of 6% in votes from the previous election.


There is also no need for it to go out of the way to try to please those who didn’t vote for the PAP.


Actually, with the huge amount misinformation, rhetoric and noise made by the pro-opposition group and the PAP still got 60%, it is a very good mandate indeed.


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Congratulations to Tin Pei Ling

Three cheers to Pei Ling for her courage, determination and conviction.


If Nicole Seah were to be subjected to the same criticisms and unkindness as Pei Ling had, probably she would have broken down, cried and stepped down from her contest.


Sunday, May 1, 2011

First World Parliament

A First World Parliament is a wishy-washy thing. Not everyone, including WP’s supporters, agree with the conception espoused by Mr Low.

The voters in Aljunied has only to consider two outcomes:

1. Singapore loses a very good foreign minister who creates goodwill and makes friends for Singapore all over the world. Aljunied residents also forgo the plans the PAP team has promised them.


2. Parliament loses the leader of the opposition, Mr Low who has been MP for Hougang for a very long time.

Would they want the Best Driver or a Driver without licence?


The SDP said they have no gay agenda. But it is a real concern. If there is a gay MP, the gay community will ask him to bring up the issue again in Parliament.



The NSP makes use of its star attraction, a young woman candidate, in Marine Parade to attract crowds, especially male Singaporeans. It gives the impression that their other males candidates, one of whom was a former MP, are rather impotent. It might gain some supporters but it also alienates others. It is somewhat like drink stalls using young beer hostesses to attract male drinkers.