Here are the survey results based on 219 replies.
Here are the comments given by some respondents.
Key finding
If the alternative parties are able field credible candidates, 89.9% of the respondents will vote for the alternative parties.
The main reasons are:
> alternative voices in Parliament 80.2%
> make PAP listen more to the people 72.0%
> more active debate in Parliament 64.3%
> dislike high salaries of ministers 62.3%
> a more just society 48.3%
Reasons give to vote PAP are:
> stablility in Singapore 66.9%
> PAP has been a good government 45.8%
> ensure Singapore's continued prosperity 38.1%
These scores are quite close to the previous scores based on 121 replies.
3 comments:
I see many people are still trapped by the notion that there is no "credible" opposition able to give "better" ideas than pap, so they will continue to vote pap.
For 50 years these people still do not realise this trap set by pap. You vote pap and you expect to see stronger opposition appear out of the blue?
And so there will continue to be weak or no opposition. For another 50 years maybe longer, until these people realise and get out of this trap to support and strengthen the opposition.
I think people in Singapore should be a bit more grateful towards the government. It's always come down to the glass is half empty or is half full. Stability really not easy to achieve. Politic can get real ugly. Look around us for example: Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand. Don't wait till you have no faith in the government to appreciated what they have achieve for Singapore. They may not be perfect, but didn't do a bad job. In fact they did pretty well.
I think people who believe we all should be grateful towards papee are basically looking at only the "good" things that papee propaganda churns out, while totally ignoring or ignorant of the plight of the many that has been sacrificed along the process.
I say dont wait till opposition becomes extinct before you appreciate the importance of having a voice that truly represents the people.
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