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It happens every GE: netizens get too bullish

LITTLEREDDOT

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It happens every GE and Presidential election. The netizens (supporting the opposition) gets too bullish. They think that what they read online is accessible to all the voters, including the ah peks and ah mas who are illiterate and/or have no internet.

Sadly, while it is true that the PAP has many faults that are circulated online and well-known by netizens, netizens account for only a small percentage of voters. Most of the elderly will not be aware of the online issues: PAP's flawed policies on immigration, transport, housing etc, corruption within PAP/govt, incompetence etc..

On the other hand, the PAP's strategy of buying votes by targetting basic needs (food (vouchers, concessions), home (HDB upgrading), health (concessions, Pioneer Generation package) etc) will reach the elderly voters.

Dot predicts another deja vu: maximum bullishness right up to cooling-off day, then disappointment as the poll results come in.
 
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