IPS post-GE2011 survey, part 2

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These are loud warning bells for the PAP. As a party reputed to favour the elite, it is striking how it is failing to win the hearts of the better-educated and the better-off. Instead, it is increasingly relying on the support of the educationally and economically disadvantaged. Yet, the widening income gap and wage stagnation points to increasing frustration among the disadvantaged. For now, they may be voting for the PAP as a default option, perhaps because opposition parties still find it hard to reach them since this demographic group is less connected to the internet, and reaching them through retail politics is very resource-demanding. But when the day comes that the disadvantaged realise that there are meaningful alternatives to the PAP, they may turn against the PAP with a vengeance.

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