Opposition winning a GRC?

[THE_CHANSTER]

I have been a silent reader of this forum and am interested to know your thoughts on the likelihood of an Opposition party ever winning a GRC.

Would the seasoned political experts in this forum like to comment?

 

[wikiphile]

I have been a silent reader of this forum and am interested to know your thoughts on the likelihood of an Opposition party ever winning a GRC.

Would the seasoned political experts in this forum like to comment?

I'm no expert but Aljunied seems possible (i'm a resident of Aljunied), it has always been a hotbed of the worker's party since 1997, remember Cheng San GRC?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_San_Group_Representation_Constituency

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

Aljunied is possible and if the groundswell is really great East Coast too is possible.

 

[votepapout]

Aljunied is possible and if the groundswell is really great East Coast too is possible.

everything is possible, nothing is impossible. i think opposition can win more than 2-3 GRC ...

 

[Spearhead]

Aljunied is possible and if the groundswell is really great East Coast too is possible.

With TinTin around......the chances are higher!!!

 

[Sideswipe]

think pap don't do that well in north-east region of singapore.
wp polled 49% eunos grc, 45% cheng san grc and 45% bedok grc in past elections.

in 1988, sdp won 44% votes in aljunied. ( 3 seats )

 

[yellow_people]

think pap don't do that well in north-east region of singapore.
wp polled 49% eunos grc, 45% cheng san grc and 45% bedok grc in past elections.

Those results were with the 'old guard' WP not WP 'baru". Eunos was way back in 1988.

The other factor to note is WP back then had the Malay and minority support. The Malay voter tended to buy flats to stay close to their community the pre-HDB ethnic quota days and represented a significant voter bloc that tended to vote WP. PAP recognized this and hence implemented the ethnic quota.

Those days are long gone. The Malay voter today is wary of WP 'baru'.


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[Sideswipe]

The other factor to note is WP back then had the Malay and minority support. The Malay voter tended to buy flats to stay close to their community the pre-HDB ethnic quota days and represented a significant voter bloc that tended to vote WP. PAP recognized this and hence implemented the ethnic quota.

how you derive significant portion of Malays voted WP last time?

results from past electoral districts voting patterns, factor in the racial ratios and the numbers will provide good indication of this fact?
or just an assumption that HDB ethnic quota is linked to Malays support of WP back then.

 

[yellow_people]

how you derive significant portion of Malays voted WP last time?

results from past electoral districts voting patterns, factor in the racial ratios and the numbers will provide good indication of this fact?
or just an assumption that HDB ethnic quota is linked to Malays support of WP back then.

The PAP would not have instituted ethnic quotas for HDB had they had not feared the minority especially the Malay were forming what they had labeled "ethnic enclaves" (an absurd rationale given that 75% of the population was Chinese) in Eunos, Bedok and Tampines and becoming a significant voting bloc relating to about 30% of the constituency demographics.

Do take note that the mid 80s was also when LKY and PAP became self aware and began promoting "Chinese-ness" and Mandarin in earnest.

These days it is the WP that is viewed as Chinese inclined.


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[Maximilian Chua-Heng]

TO answer your qn, my heart says yes but my XXXX says no.

I have been a silent reader of this forum and am interested to know your thoughts on the likelihood of an Opposition party ever winning a GRC.

Would the seasoned political experts in this forum like to comment?

 

[leoman]

let's b more realistic
HOPEFULLY opp can win 1 grc ..... (coz got many f**cker talking 'bad' abt pap, finally vote 4 'em)
& a couple more of smc

else ........ if aljunied another 'near miss', it will b history like eunos & chengsan grc


tis election have many 'calibre opp candidates' , that make some ministers quietly shitting in their pants.

 

[wikiphile]

let's b more realistic
HOPEFULLY opp can win 1 grc ..... (coz got many f**cker talking 'bad' abt pap, finally vote 4 'em)
& a couple more of smc

else ........ if aljunied another 'near miss', it will b history like eunos & chengsan grc


tis election have many 'calibre opp candidates' , that make some ministers quietly shitting in their pants.

If Aljunied is once again a 'near miss', i'll pretty much void all my future votes in the next few GEs :(

 

[jw5]

TO answer your qn, my heart says yes but my XXXX says no.

You mean the XXXX which you will chop off if your XXXX is wrong?

 

[jw5]

Aljunied is possible and if the groundswell is really great East Coast too is possible.

East Coast is unlkely since the ever popular upturn the downturn is going there.
For the life of me, I cannot fathom why he is so popular.

 

[SneeringTree]

I am in Aljunied GRC and I hope this time we get it right and vote in WP.

 

[po2wq]

TO answer your qn, my heart says yes but my XXXX says no.

You mean the XXXX which you will chop off if your XXXX is wrong?

lidat ...

u r oways facing self-contradicting emotions n struggles wifin urself ... li'l wonder u r oways in a vicious cycle ...

bestest 1-time-clear-all soln is 2 chop off ur xxxx ... spare urself further future agony! ... :o

 

[jw5]

lidat ...

u r oways facing self-contradicting emotions n struggles wifin urself ... li'l wonder u r oways in a vicious cycle ...

bestest 1-time-clear-all soln is 2 chop off ur xxxx ... spare urself further future agony! ... :o

Meibe his vicious cycle iz dat he kips chopping it off and it kips growing back. :o

 

[seebaysong]

After the new boundary lines hv been drawn.. What wld be possible if oppositions fielded strong candidates vs non-ministerial opponents. Therefore SMC is more possible than GRC. Good luck !

 

[myfoot123]

With TinTin around......the chances are higher!!!

I agree, Goh Chok Tong may be thrown out. That is another greatest victory in Singapore election history.

 

[Forvendet]

I agree, Goh Chok Tong may be thrown out. That is another greatest victory in Singapore election history.

TinTin too young and fooling around, TongTong too old and past expiry date. A good balanced team there may undo them, that's a possibility.