Likely win for opposition= 2 SMCs
Hopeful win for opposition = 1 GRC + 2 SMCs
Caught us by surprise win for opposition = 2 GRCs + 2 SMCs or 1
GRC + 3/4 SMCs
While the internet, FB and twitter has been hopeful, most of the
people who will vote for PAP are the older generation with no /
little access to internet. Like my parents. They are grateful to
what PAP has done and are very doubtful to what opposition can do.
Old fashioned thinking.
And as past elections have shown us, large turnouts at
opposition rallies do not translate to actual votes. I have
relatives who follow like crazy but in the end still vote PAP.
I really hope social media will have some big impact, otherwise
all the efforts wasted. And the past weeks of feeling Singaporean
will soon evaporate.
Very good assessment!
I've attended opp rallies in the past. Huge crowd turnout, flag
waving, shouting, cheering may not translate into votes. I wondered
who these people really were or why they bothered to attend.
Yes, the trumph cards for the PAP are the older generation -
simple folks, can't really understanding politic well, never use
social media or use the net. More importantly, this generation has
benefited from the social programmes from a more benign, humane PAP
of the past.
If only 2 SMC are won by the opp, things will go from bad to
worse. I'm afraid more mobile, young Singaporeans will leave for
good. PAP will open the floodgate wider for more aliens to come. By
the next election, the landscape will change beyond what most
people can imagine now - sad.