SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan said that Singaporeans have always been demanding of their politicians. But what has changed from the last General Elections in 2011 is the “belief that they can exert greater demands…through threatening to use their vote”, he noted. This is due to the more "competitive political landscape" Singapore is now in. He said that at the constituency level, more seats may fall to the opposition in the next GE if there is a 5 to 10 per cent shift against the People's Action Party (PAP). With the PAP taking some blows in the last GE, some voters may be trying to take advantage of this "perceived electoral vulnerability", he said.