October 2, 2015

Despite having drawn large crowds to its rallies and attracted much support on social media, the Opposition did not perform as well as it had been expected to in this year’s General Election, taking many by surprise and prompting much post-election analyses.

In a commentary for Lianhe Zaobao, Associate Professor Ong Chang Woei (Department of Chinese Studies) opines that the poor performance of the opposition parties at the General Elections could be a result of their inability to convince voters of their political ideals and their ineffective communication of their position. He adds that it is not due to a lack of suggestion of alternative policies or the opposition parties’ blind copying of the ruling party’s policies.