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GE2025: Is ‘abandonment’ the word of the campaign so far?
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(From left) NUS assistant Professor Elvin Ong and podcaster Joel Lim join host Natasha Ann Zachariah on The Usual Place couch.
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As the election campaign heats up with a week left to Polling Day on May 3, my guests and I delve into how this General Election is shaping up.
What has surfaced three days into the hustings is robust debate over rising costs, Singapore’s economic trajectory and the value of having more opposition voices in Parliament.
Inflation, housing and job security are also issues that have been aired in several opposition rallies so far.
The gauntlet has been thrown down by all sides. Are the gloves off now?
To find out more, Assistant Professor Elvin Ong from the NUS Department of Political Science and Joel Lim, host of the Political Prude podcast, joins us in this live episode.
I also ask them if off-script moments make candidates come off as more relatable or if instead, it does something else to their credibility.
In the run-up to GE2025, The Usual Place
Highlights (click/tap above):
1:20 Abandonment: Buzzword of the GE2025 campaign so far?
9:10 Rallies and democratic conversations in Singapore; how younger voters are also keen on studying political issues
11:05 Gloves truly off yet? What kind of punches have been thrown so far?
22:53 Which candidates have come across to Prof Ong and Mr Lim as most authentic so far, online?
25:38 Being a ‘Conviction politician’: What does it mean?
26:53 Why they both feel GE2025 is truly a “podcast election”, following on some trends from the recent US presidential election natashaz@sph.com.sg
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