Canadian influencer baffled after being mistaken for WP candidate Alexis Dang: 'Why are we voting for her?'
Lim Ruey Yan
The Straits Times
May 5, 2025
Workers' Party candidate Alexis Dang has a namesake on the other side of the world.
A Canadian content creator with the same name was confused when some netizens left comments such as "Workers' Party" and "I am voting for you" on her TikTok account last week.
In a video on May 1, the Toronto-based influencer asked: "I have a question. Why does everyone keep commenting, 'Don't worry, I'll vote for you' on my TikTok? I'm assuming there's another girl with the same name as me named Alexis Dang because other people are commenting, 'She's not the one. She's not the right one.'"
The 24-year-old said she thought her name was special, as she had not met someone with the same name.
"Allegedly, there is this Singaporean girl with the same name as me in a contest or something," she said. "Please fill me in, I'm so lost."
The Canadian influencer returned to TikTok on May 2 having figured out who the other Alexis Dang is. She included in her video a photo and some details of WP's Ms Dang, such as that she is 39 and was a candidate for Punggol GRC.
"I have no idea how I reached Singaporeans' TikTok, but I did," the Canadian said. "And now you guys are on my page. Do you guys actually think we look alike?"
The Canadian said she did not see any resemblance between her and WP's Ms Dang, beyond the fact that they are both Asians. Replying to a comment, the Canadian said that she is half-Vietnamese.
"I don't know anything about Singaporean politics, so I'm not going to tell you to vote for her or not to vote for her, but keep me posted on the result of the election," she said.
Punggol GRC was won by the ruling PAP in Singapore's general election on May 3.
Dang said the saga over her name reminded her of US senator Tom Cotton grilling TikTok's Singaporean chief executive Chew Shou Zi at a congressional hearing in January 2024. Mr Chew had said then: "Senator, I'm Singaporean."
But she added: "Anyway, in this case, I'm, in fact, not Singaporean and I'm not running for election."
