Why polls this year possible
Source: The Straits Times Forum Page A2, 21 Feb 2009
Article by: Aaron Low, Political Correspondent
The most compelling indicator of an early election is actually history.
In 2001, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong called an election just two months after the Sept 11 attacks in the United States.
Many had described the situation then as being exceptional.
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