UNDECIDED VOTERS
About one in four Singaporeans remain undecided on who they will pick at the next general election, with 26.8 per cent of respondents indicating that they are either not very certain or not at all.
Younger Singaporeans between 21 and 29 are the least certain age group, with a third undecided about their choice.
Of the eligible voters who are very or quite certain of their decision come Polling Day, older Singaporeans aged 50 and above are the most secure about their choices, with almost three-quarters sure about it.
Voters from middle-income and high-income households are also significantly more sure of their decisions, with 74 per cent saying they know who they intend to vote for, compared to 65 per cent of low-income voters.
ECONOMIC CONCERNS A PRIORITY
As for the key factors shaping their decisions at the ballot box, the survey respondents largely identified economic issues as their top concerns.
Each respondent was asked to select their top two concerns from a list of 20 factors.
While the cost of living and inflation (34.8 per cent), jobs and unemployment (15.6 per cent), and the state of the economy (15 per cent) occupied the top three spots, political considerations followed closely.
Concerns over political stability and consistency (14 per cent), trust in a political party (13.5 per cent), and leadership of the current government (11.6 per cent), sat in fourth to sixth place respectively.
Housing costs (11.5 per cent) followed in seventh place. It also ranked highly among voters aged under 49, emerging as one of that segment’s top three election issues.
