TNP mocks WP

[idrinkecoke]

No more TNP for me

 

[prusswan.net]

since they see other oppo parties no up, means they don't need their votes either

consequences of "walking their own path"

 

[ahkrong]

somehow i agree with eugene tan that fear is a factor

lky is dead. and bcos of his passing away, ppl gave them sympathy votes, they kept looking at the past achievements of PAP rather than looking at the future, pioneer package 'to take care of' the elderly......
are the introduced policies from PAP really that beneficial to all?

 

[Leave No Men Behind]

Neh ber read. . So long. . Also no understand after if .I reading

 

[koroshiya8]

you all can laugh all your want but the fact is WP retains Aljunied and Hougang and this is the very minimal oppositions expect despite the narrow win...
And there is nothing to mock about.. losers means losers....

Give some time as LKY death and SG50 fades to the background and WE SHALL SEE if singaporeans will repent voting PAP.

 

[asymmetric]

Popular on social media, but not at the ballot box

Despite the high attendances at Workers’ Party rallies, results from Polling Day suggest that popularity on social media does not necessarily translate to votes. Photo: Ernest Chua


SINGAPORE — The General Election results were in stark contrast with prevailing sentiment on social media sites as well as high attendance at the rallies of Opposition parties, analysts noted yesterday (Sept 11).

Photographs of the massive turnout at Workers’ Party rallies and long lines for Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan’s autographs dominated social media, but results from Polling Day — the People’s Action Party walked away with 69.86 per cent of the vote — suggest that popularity on social media does not necessarily translate to votes.

Former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Siew Kum Hong said the silent majority — those who do not express their views online — appeared to be behind the swing towards the PAP. “Since the 2001 General Election, in every election the Internet seems to always predict big advances for the Opposition, so I am not surprised by the disconnect,” said Mr Siew, pointing to the Government’s responsiveness to voters since the last General Election, the passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Golden Jubilee as reasons for the PAP’s success.

Singapore Management University law don Eugene Tan felt that social media may also have played a part in encouraging undecided voters to take the “flight to safety”. “Much of social media predicted or encouraged voters to further erode the PAP’s electoral support, and I think that did cause a concern among the middle ground, whether the political realities would be radically different ... And I think there was this flight to safety, but of course that’s also impacted upon by concerns about regional insecurities and economic uncertainties as well,” said Prof Tan. Some of the more “extreme” messages online may have caused voters to digest the rhetoric on social media with more care, he added.

Dr Felix Tan of the SIM Global Education said social media is often used as a sounding board to “highlight problems that plague our society or a specific segment of Singapore society”. But some of these issues are “rather anecdotal and/or personalised, meaning it affects only a comparatively small segment of society and not the larger society per se”, he noted.

Associate Professor Alan Chong from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies said the Internet as a platform is a “potential leveler of the playing field” for the Opposition. But when it comes to getting votes, the human touch may still count for more.

“If your candidates can go house to house, door to door, if he or she actually leaves a message for you to say please vote for me, I wish you well, these things can’t be done on social media,” said Assoc Prof Chong, adding that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s messages have been very effective.

“If you look at PM Lee’s messages, he appealed to the good old-fashioned advantages of keeping the PAP in power to ensure continuity in national security and economic prosperity. Some of the voters at the last minute probably thought, let’s not spoil the party, vote the incumbent. This last-minute messaging worked,” he said.

ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY LEE YEN NEE AND ALFRED CHUA

http://www.todayonline.com/ge2015/popular-social-media-not-ballot-box

 

[MiG123]

they who decide based on fear deserve to be engulfed by it for eternity.

 

[Slytherine]

actually, other than those who applied for this and that with this agency and that board, what fear are they talking about?

 

[Aishya]

When Hougang falls, all hope is lost. It's the Stalingrad of Singapore politics