the electorate has to decide whether it is a mature rational first world electorate or not?...fm the GE11 results i am inclined to think that the majority of the electorate is not far fm being a mature rational first world electorate...look wif a FPTP electoral system even 50.1% amounts to a seat...the loser has to accept this n rationally move on to strategise for the next GE...
THis election ended with many feeling as if they were cheated. Although 40% voted for the Opposition, the Opposition won only 7% of the seats.
Previously, I found another opinion poll. This was an online poll so it captured nicely the demographic of those aged 21 to 45. It asked the number of seats which they expected the PAP to win. Only 20% expected to PAP to win more than 80 seats. The remaining 20% expected the PAP to win less than 80 seats.
The frustration has already manifested in the renewed attacks on TPL. If you do a scan of the blogs, you can get a sense of frustration. I was in a cab today. For the first time ever, I had a cab driver openly scold the PAP when he got the sense that I am an Opposition supporter.
In an environment like this, I think CSJ is going to come to be regarded quite differently. Instead of a mad man, I think he is going to become seen as a man with ideas before his time who was persecuted by the PAP.
If the PAP continues to win 97% of the seats with just 50% to 60% of the vote because of dirty tricks (election dept double standards, gerrymandering, secret illegal election polls etc) I think his deas of civil disobedience are going to start to look attractive to some people.