The opposite of the rigid mind drawn to extremes

Taken together, this package of delivery and signalling plausibly translated at the point of voting into more support for the PAP across age groups, and particularly among the young.

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FROM B1 message "I hear you". The score of conservatism in both the 21-29 and 30-39 cohorts rose more steeply than in other groups that also saw increases (40-54, 55-64).

To use Dr Koh's words: "If the PAP government continues to engage deeply and widely with this segment but also delivers on what it has already promised in the 14th Parliament, then in that political marketplace and mindshare of young adults, it will retain a good measure of support."

HOLDING MULTIPLE THOUGHTS AT ONCE How might the major parties extrapolate these findings? The first instinct should be to hold multiple thoughts at once.

For the PAP, the survey findings reinforce what it ought to already know. On the one hand, conservatism is not a waning force across society, and certainly not among the young. It can be awakened or invigorated, even in cohorts yet to come.

This should kill off any lingering notion, advanced by some liberal ideologues, that the party needs to do battle with itself or embark on deep structural reinvention to retain its longevity. If the landslide 2025 election result did not already say so, the survey findings suggest its current evolution is broadly on the right path.