How to gerrymander for GE2016??

[Sideswipe]

Take a look at how Republicans in the US have gerrymandered their way to a House majority in the US elections and you will understand that this can still be done.

Of course, you might end up with seemingly random and disconnected neighbourhoods enjoined together to form a SMC / GRC. Imagine parts with Tampines enjoined with parts of Boon Lay and parts of Ang Mo Kio...

the US district boundaries are full of snake lines. think octopus lines might be more appropriate for some districts. the lines are drawn with devious precision, to guarantee that each party always remains in control of particular districts. absolutely brilliant works.

the Marine Parade legendary snake line is nothing compared to the US octopus districts.

 

[dredd]

You cannot compare the US with Singapore. We are living in a tight-knitted small, very small, community where the domino effect is very real.

 

[6000kmApart]

That is not really likely to happen.

Singaporeans will never take to the streets in protest.

We are too cowed and too submissive. It's the way we've been indoctrinated over the years.

People will voice their frustrations online but don't expect them to take to the streets in protest like in mature democracies. That is the reason why the SDP failed to gain any traction, and instead were made to appear like fools.

People will vote against the PAP but can they afford to do so when there are only 4 mega-GRCs and the voters are made to feel that their livelihood is at risk?

Too cowed and submissive? Throw in a hello kitty free gift they will bray for blood....don't underestimate....

 

[wwabbit]

You cannot compare the US with Singapore. We are living in a tight-knitted small, very small, community where the domino effect is very real.

It doesn't matter. As long as there are variances between precincts, gerrymandering works.

 

[jw5]

if i in charge of planning for pap in the east, i will chop up pasir ris grc, basically forsaking everything south of tpe/sle, merge pasir ris-tampines-east coast into 2 GRCs. any part inside east coast that is pro-wp be turn into smc and merge joo chiat into marine parade while chop off MP's serangoon division into smc. by chopping of serangoon division from MP, both nsp and wp will contest for the seat and so pap will have a good chance of retaining the seat while also retain joo chiat. this way, pap can secure most of east coast while risking only those areas in sengkang, which anyway will have to be seperate from pasir ris punggol grc due to increase in population in punggol area. i would rather lose 3-4 seats than having the seat of pap hq lose to wp.

zhihau has already carved up the grcs into smcs in another thread. - post#37

http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?142088-turn-of-the-tides-two-years-on/page2

both of you can be the pappies gerrymeandering consultants for 2016. please remember to charge them a huge fee, to be paid from their campaign funds so that the quality of the free nasi lemak will drop....................

 

[steffychun]

Battle lines can be fault lines

 

[Heart Break Kid]

Single-seat wards are vulnerable as compared to GRC. I believe at least half of the 12 single seat wards will disappear in the next GE replacing with 6 new single seat wards been hived off from GRCs. Potong Pasir and Joo Chiat will be history.

Hougang and Punggol East likely to be retain in the electorate map.