Politics as Public Service - Just a little Sacrifice

[jw5]

Hi GMS,

glad to see you putting in more effort to contest the elections. And giving Singaporean a chance to vote. However I do have a questions and opinions.

I believe that you will be contesting Tampines GRC so that is the turf of MBT.

MBT has been there for a long time and he has won continuously.

However, I know that MBT has been a very unpopular figure and yet he constantly wins.

Does anyone has the demographics of the voters of tampines? How come such a unpopular figure has such a huge following?

In the 2006 election, he won by 68.51% that is a huge margin for such an 'unpopular' MP.

What is wrong with Tampines voters? Are there so many Civil servants living there and other PAP supporters? who are their supporters?

This is a huge Uphill task for you, And I wish you all the best.

God speed GMS

Dear sir

Please refer to the thread I started entitled "The Voting Population".
Tell me whether you agree or disagree.

 

[Liquigas]

Many before have wrtten about it but still worth repeating here..

Support for the ruling party comes from the following groups:
1. civil servants
2. statutory board employees (LTA, NParks ..etc)
3. uniformed groups (SAF, Police, nursing, civil defence)
4. governemnt-link companies employee (DBS, SingTel, Keppel..etc)
5. suppliers to government departments
6. contractors for government projects
7. government scholarship holders

The above already accounted for some 30% of voters.

Then add the following some more:
8. Malays (15% of voters)
9. diehard supporters (5%)

There you have it and the reason why it is extremely difficult to unseat them is actually quite obvious...