All Hail 2011 President Tony Tan

[Picanto]

yup i believe next GE opposition will get another 5-10 people into parliament

 

that depends on how the WP perform in aljunied grc

[Walkingtree]

system where 60.1% of ppl's voe = 90% of parliament

Same system wherein 54% of voters in aljunied gave all six seats to the oppo and none to miw. In political parlance, it is known as first-past-the-post system.

[Mecontle]

Forgone conclusion. I won't hail him though. Not a must to hail him right?

 

 

we r not far from Iran politics where Arabs suppress local Persians

[Zze121]

Internet polling represent 70s-80s-90s voice n it is up n coming, the actual result coming from 40s to 60s which is the baby boom era which is declining, Which means the future may not be MIW show, this maybe the last to be link.

[Vid]

PAP isn't going to care. Even if it was a 1 vote win, they still consider it a victory. Now they truly is one big happy family. It is obvious that without TJS or TKL, TCB would have won and by a huge margin.

 

Another sad day in just 3 months.

[Yeshe]

There are people whom dun vote at all, including the last GE, dun blame them. Some went for long weekend holiday and can't be bothered.

 

Even if they have to, who do you think they will vote?

 

anyone know % of void votes?

[Yewheng]

anyone know % of void votes?

 

37k

[Walkingtree]

one moment 2% to TCB.

 

after first recount still 2% to TCB.

 

after second recount become 0.34% to TT

There was only one recount, and it was asked for by TCB.

[Dafansu]

Seriously 37000 pple went down to voting centre to have their vote rejected???

 

some people dont know who to vote so they leave it empty

[Kb27]

Just got off Facebook.

 

Really a lot of people are very tulan. 64% did not vote Tony Tan, i just realised that.

 

What will this translate to?

 

This just means that come 2016, PAP grip on more GRCs will slip.

Exactly, for every election, they lose another 5%.

[Orangepineapple]

Totally agree.....i will feel malu when only 30% of the ppl actiually sarpork me......but well, they thick skin :angry: :angry:

 

same sentiments.. if ppl ask me I will say TT is NOT my president. TT only president to 30+% of singaporeans

 

come to think of it. what if there were 10 candidates?

 

that means if manage to win 10% votes can be EP liao. what a joke

[Zze121]

37k

These ppl wrote their own name n put a cross

[Jasonjst]

PAP isn't going to care. Even if it was a 1 vote win, they still consider it a victory. Now they truly is one big happy family. It is obvious that without TJS or TKL, TCB would have won and by a huge margin.

 

Another sad day in just 3 months.

 

Now cannot KPKB the 60% voters of the GE2011 liao lor , it is the 40% that screw up their own back side by not voting with a brain lor ...

[Jim]

1) Parties can endorse candidates, just like the unions declared 75% support for TT and SDP endorsed TJS. If the other parties endorsed TJS, his votes would have been much higher...

 

3) CSJ cannot speak at rallies, even during the previous GE (not the one earlier this year). Nothing to do with TJS. But it is true that TJS joined SDP because of CSJ.

 

Why do you say that WP is PAP lite?

 

1) I didnt say parties cannot endorse. I said they should not endorse.

2) Since when did CSJ shy away from doing illegal things? Up till this election, CSJ's MO was Gandhi-style martyrdom. But just as Singapore can look the other way while Chia Thye Poh was locked up for 30 years, Singapore can look the other way no matter what happens to CSJ. Somebody managed to convince CSJ his style does not work, and I believe all credit goes to TJS.

 

WP does not have big picture changes in mind. They will stick to PAP's general direction, but they only want changes to some small practical issues. This is why I think they are PAP lite.

 

I think it is human nature to do straight line extrapolations, but the outcome of the next election is far from certain. We have new citizens voting. Young hipsters who somehow think Yam Ah Mee is cool will also be voting. Mostly, the baby boomers will still be alive and well. In fact, the next election may well be "Empire Strikes Back".

 

That said, the baby boomers, after a lifetime of voting "no" to welfare state benefits as the working generation, will start to retire, stop paying income tax and demand tax and spend welfare state benefits for themselves. Will LHL have designs on the reserve to please this generation? What will TT say? That, will be the interesting question.

[Maroon5]

sad for TCB and TKL. things would hv been different without TJS, nice display of an opportunist and a spoiler.

[Orangepineapple]

sad for TCB and TKL. things would hv been different without TJS, nice display of an opportunist and a spoiler.

 

TKL also la, when TJS entered the race he should have known his chances were slim liao.

 

he was considering to not go on nomination day also if i remember. but i guess he did not want to let his supporters down

[Blueray]

 

7269 .... hmmmm ... later i go try small and big ...

[13177]

some people dont know who to vote so they leave it empty

Even on the actual day i was going to vote, i still dont know who to vote?! But ultimately i still didnt waste my vote, and used my vote wisely.

 

Result as expected la, TT confirmed win lo, luckily didnt stay up yesterday morning to catch the annoucement, waste my time only.

 

So can TKL get back his deposit?