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General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
No risks, no drama, no change.
Hence why else the early election call.
p.s. was discussing with wife earlier how only tactily-frightened govts tend to call early elections. Well i don't know. But what is the reason, the real plausible one?
---- further point. Elections costs billions to run. These are a $tax/burden on the electorate.... for whom they are meant to directly benefit. So, why the early election? There must be a credible stated reason.
Hence why else the early election call.
p.s. was discussing with wife earlier how only tactily-frightened govts tend to call early elections. Well i don't know. But what is the reason, the real plausible one?
---- further point. Elections costs billions to run. These are a $tax/burden on the electorate.... for whom they are meant to directly benefit. So, why the early election? There must be a credible stated reason.
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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
Singapore election spending is cap at $4.00 per voter
Quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore ... tion,_2015
There are a total of 2,460,484 electors, and eligible voters
Quote from straits time (not sure whether posting the link is allow or not)
Topic: Revised voter rolls now certified; open for public inspection
Base on above the total allow spending is
2460484 * $4 = $9 841 936.00
Not even billion
Quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore ... tion,_2015
There are a total of 2,460,484 electors, and eligible voters
Quote from straits time (not sure whether posting the link is allow or not)
Topic: Revised voter rolls now certified; open for public inspection
Base on above the total allow spending is
2460484 * $4 = $9 841 936.00
Not even billion
Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
Isn't it just a tactic to maximise the chance of re-election? Govts will call at the time they think they have the most chance of winning, or most chance of winning well in this case. I guess now is a good time, just post the SG50 celebrations.JR8 wrote:No risks, no drama, no change.
Hence why else the early election call.
p.s. was discussing with wife earlier how only tactily-frightened govts tend to call early elections. Well i don't know. But what is the reason, the real plausible one?
---- further point. Elections costs billions to run. These are a $tax/burden on the electorate.... for whom they are meant to directly benefit. So, why the early election? There must be a credible stated reason.
Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
Post SG50 celebrations and the loss of LKY. But also because 'in uncertain times, the country needs a steady, trusted hand at the wheel." I expect them to dial up global economic uncertainty and emphasise that now is not the time to 'experiment' with 'unproven' leaders. They did this exact same thing back 2001 to great effect.
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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
A lot more media is available now to the public , could be more difficult to control the agenda this time around.Addadude wrote:Post SG50 celebrations and the loss of LKY. But also because 'in uncertain times, the country needs a steady, trusted hand at the wheel." I expect them to dial up global economic uncertainty and emphasise that now is not the time to 'experiment' with 'unproven' leaders. They did this exact same thing back 2001 to great effect.
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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
Actually, with China currently taking centre stage on the world's financial pages, and the subsequent shockwave currently washing up on everybody's shores, I feel their timing is right to try it again. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if that is what precipitated it.
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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
Yep.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Actually, with China currently taking centre stage on the world's financial pages, and the subsequent shockwave currently washing up on everybody's shores, I feel their timing is right to try it again. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if that is what precipitated it.
"Both politicians and nappies need to be changed regularly, and for the same reasons."
Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
PAP engineering global financial insecurity to win another term? Feasible.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Actually, with China currently taking centre stage on the world's financial pages, and the subsequent shockwave currently washing up on everybody's shores, I feel their timing is right to try it again. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if that is what precipitated it.

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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
That's not what I said, but I like it. 

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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
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As a - ahem - new citizen, I will of course to be obliged to vote.
I can Bing for "Singapore election manifesto" and get results for SDA, WP, PAP, RP.
But is there no centralised resource for finding all of them? A news or govt website hiding somewhere?
And aside from Party manifestos, what about MP/SMC/GRC manifestos?
Of course, manifestos are about as binding as wet toilet paper, but you know, it would be at least nice to pretend to make the effort here.
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As a - ahem - new citizen, I will of course to be obliged to vote.
I can Bing for "Singapore election manifesto" and get results for SDA, WP, PAP, RP.
But is there no centralised resource for finding all of them? A news or govt website hiding somewhere?
And aside from Party manifestos, what about MP/SMC/GRC manifestos?
Of course, manifestos are about as binding as wet toilet paper, but you know, it would be at least nice to pretend to make the effort here.
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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
Presuming few people can discover how much value their CPF has lost this past few months...Addadude wrote:Yep.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Actually, with China currently taking centre stage on the world's financial pages, and the subsequent shockwave currently washing up on everybody's shores, I feel their timing is right to try it again. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if that is what precipitated it.
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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
But then I think you have to turn that around; what is the chance of the PAP not winning? Not very likely I'd imagine (right?).bgd wrote:Isn't it just a tactic to maximise the chance of re-election? Govts will call at the time they think they have the most chance of winning, or most chance of winning well in this case. I guess now is a good time, just post the SG50 celebrations.
So is it being taken to the next level; winning without losing a single seat. Thus illustrating (again) that there is no credible alternative?
The curious thing is I am used to governments calling elections early only when they are playing on a very transient advantage. They do so as they fear that otherwise they might well lose. But again, that's not the situation in SG.
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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
You can look at PM Lee's national day rally speech to see the PAP capitalising on the transient advantage of LKY's passing and SG50. The pitch to the electorate is clearly "Look how far the PAP has brought you, vote PAP again."JR8 wrote:bgd wrote:The curious thing is I am used to governments calling elections early only when they are playing on a very transient advantage.
When you factor in the not insignificant advantage that the PAP is going to take from the WP's difficulties managing the AHEPTC, plus really a general sense that life has got better these last 2-3 years, I can see how the strategists decided that we're at the point where the PAP is least likely to lose further seats and may even increase its vote share.
Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
In this case it's about maximising advantage. They will win, but they want to win well. I reckon their analysts have factored in the recent events and believe that now is the optimum time to get the biggest share of the vote. Just good politics.JR8 wrote:
But then I think you have to turn that around; what is the chance of the PAP not winning? Not very likely I'd imagine (right?).
So is it being taken to the next level; winning without losing a single seat. Thus illustrating (again) that there is no credible alternative?
The curious thing is I am used to governments calling elections early only when they are playing on a very transient advantage. They do so as they fear that otherwise they might well lose. But again, that's not the situation in SG.
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Re: General Election - Coming Soon - 11th September
I can't shake the feeling that these people don't just want to win, they want to win BIG and ground their enemies to the ground. It's like a zero-sum game for them.bgd wrote:In this case it's about maximising advantage. They will win, but they want to win well. I reckon their analysts have factored in the recent events and believe that now is the optimum time to get the biggest share of the vote. Just good politics.
It's not enough to get ahead of the guy; you have to make sure he doesn't even make it to the finish line or compete in any future contests.
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