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Written by: Yuan Wei
2019-11-22 11:00
Last updated date: 2019-11-22 11:00This year, there are 390,000 newly registered voters, the highest in the calendar year, and nearly half of them are young voters aged 35 or younger. Li Pengguang, director of the Public Governance Research Department of Lingnan University, said in a telephone interview with the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium" that the increase in voter turnout was due to the fact that social tearing has increased people's sense of perseverance, and they are more concerned about people's livelihood than those who have traditionally elected in district boards. The issue, the vote is more political, he believes that 30 to 40% of the middle voters will affect the outcome of the election.
On November 24, more than 4.13 million eligible voters can vote in the district board elections, including 390,000 new voters and 48% of young voters aged 35 or younger. Scholar Li Pengguang believes that the election will be held as scheduled, and now the situation of "contention in the district" has made the two camps more comprehensive. The six-month revision of the storm has also made the election highly mobilized. However, he analyzed that the atmosphere of this election was not strong. The number of elections such as canvassing and building-washing was reduced. The basic votes of Deep Blue and Deep Yellow were quite stable. They had little impact on the elections. The result would be 30% to 40% of the middle voters.
Li also said that this year's turnout rate may approach the Legislative Council elections, which may reach 60%. This is an unprecedented situation. He also believes that the social tears have made many voters more eager, and they are more concerned about the livelihood issues than the previous district board elections. The vote is more of a political statement or the redistribution of power at the community level. Opposition and tension reached their peak, even worse than the elections in 2003 and after the umbrella movement in 2015.
Li Pengguang believes that the election results will be 3, 4 Chengde middle voters. (Photo picture / Gao Zhongming photo)
Senior volunteers call for not to vote at the polling station
The audience listened to the program and said that she was a senior volunteer. She said that the previous violent conflicts, especially the incidents of district board candidates, made it impossible for volunteers to come out and publicize the street until the government used some means to stop the violence. Only then has improved. She said that she has a high enthusiasm for voting this year. I hope that regardless of the blue and yellow, I can vote for the future of Hong Kong and appeal to everyone not to attack the polling station.
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