Respondents with lower educational qualifications were more likely to think that Singapore had become less democratic, the survey found.
SINGAPORE: A survey on political attitudes in the Asia-Pacific region found that more Singaporeans saw the country as a full democracy in 2023 compared to 2020.
In a press release summarising the survey's findings, IPS noted that democracy as a political system is"increasingly being viewed as suitable" for Singapore. Respondents who believed there was an equal distribution of power and resources in Singapore's political system – one of the predictor or independent variables used in the analysis – were also more likely to think that there had been no change in the state of democracy between the past and last year.To find out what respondents thought of democracy, they were asked to choose from four sets of statements on what the most essential characteristic of democracy was for them.
"There is strong belief democracy is suitable for Singapore, and strong expectation it will continue to 'be democratic' in 10 years' time," IPS found. While this was a slight increase from the 16.8 per cent in 2020, it was a drop from the 22.6 per cent and 37.8 per cent in 2014 and 2010 respectively. Contingent Democrats – Agree that democracy is the best form of government; think it suits Singapore; and have a somewhat positive view of the current system of government here.
According to last year's survey, 34.3 per cent said the US did much more good than harm or somewhat more good than harm, while 50.1 per cent said that this was the case for China. Researchers also compared the results from Singaporean respondents with those from three other alternative political regimes – Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines.
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