GE2020 Commentary: Assessing the voters’ message to PAP (and other parties)

• Main Author: EUGENE, Tan K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Elections; political parties; Singapore; Asian Studies; Law and Politics; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3692; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5650/viewcontent/GE2020_Today_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Despite the “crisis of a generation”, the 2020 general election results point to a considered flight from the status quo, rather than a flight to safety. Singaporean voters, through their 2.54 million ballots cast, sent a nuanced message to all political parties and election candidates. It was a ren...