http://liberation.typepad.com/liberation/2011/11/nz-politics-daily-16-november.html Same voters, different response, different result. Why? LKY is a key factor for GE2015, even for GE2011. However, LKY has little effect or perhaps, negative effect in the coming Presidential Election if there is one. Why do Singapore voters react so differently in these two elections? We may call it certainty vs. uncertainty. Political background Result GE Voting under uncertainty Vote for PAP PE Voting under certainty Vote against PAP proxy In the GE market, the PAP creates an uncertain political background, for example, the PAP may not return to power. This uncertainty, or fear, or LKY effect, will always give the PAP the benefit of doubt. In the PE market, the PAP, however, creates a certain background. With supermajority in the Parliament, the PAP can even remove an Elected President. The fear or the LKY effect has lost its role. When the P...
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