Malaysians split over Pakatan's performance

Desmond Davidson Desmond Davidson Updated 7 years ago · Published on 9 Oct 2018 7:00AM · 6 Comments

If national elections are held any time soon, Pakatan Harapan will still be the coalition of choice with Malaysians, a recent survey shows. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, October 9, 2018.

MALAYSIANS are split over the Pakatan Harapan government’s performance after four months of its rule with five out of 10 people saying they were satisfied, market research firm Kajidata said of its recent survey findings.

Dissatisfaction was strongest in four states – Terengganu, Pahang, Johor and Sarawak – and in the 51-60 age group, it said.

The survey, conducted between September 12 and September 24 found 53.4% “satisfied” with the government’s performance. Of this, 44.3% were “very satisfied” and 9.1% “just satisfied”.

Of the 38.5% who said they were not satisfied, 31.6% said they were “very dissatisfied”.

Kajidata said the survey, conducted through telephone and interactive voice response (IVR) with 1,008 respondents, showed that people are still divided on the new PH government.

“Our survey showed roughly five out of 10 Malaysians are satisfied with the performance of the new PH government right now,” it stated in its findings given to The Malaysian Insight.

“Respondents in all age groups, except in the 51-to-60 group, say they are satisfied with the performance in the first 100 days.”

Of the four dissatisfied states, PAS-ruled Terengganu was the highest with 58% of respondents saying they were unhappy with Putrajaya, while 36% said they were satisfied and 6% had no opinion.

Pahang, the home state of former prime minister Najib Razak, registered the second highest rate of dissatisfaction at 56%.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad received low marks from voters in PAS-run Terengganu. Respondents from the east coast state were also highly dissatisfied with the Pakatan government's performance. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 9, 2018.

Dr Mahathir’s performance

Terengganu also rated Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s performance poorly, with 53% saying they were not satisfied, while 40% said they were.

In Pahang, 45% were not satisfied and 53% were.

Overall, 55.8% of respondents said they are satisfied with Dr Mahathir’s performance, of whom 45% said they were “very satisfied”.

However, 10.8% said they were “merely satisfied”.

Of the 35.9% who were dissatisfied, 28.8% said they were “very unsatisfied”.

Promises, promises

The survey also found that 45.5% of those surveyed felt PH was delivering on its election promises.

However, 44.4% said the government was not keeping its promises, while 34.3% of those surveyed said they were “very dissatisfied”.

Despite the results, the survey found that if a national election were to be held again today, PH would still be the coalition of choice with 53% of respondents saying they would vote for the alliance again.

Kajidata said PH’s biggest support comes from the Indians (82%) and the Chinese (64%). – October 9, 2018.

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  • For those who are not satisfied, what other choice they have? Choose UMNO? Go mabuk la.

    Posted 7 years ago by Awang Bilis · Reply

  • At least the younger Malaysians are getting to see examples of good governance & democracy which had disintegrated under previous Umno-BN rule..

    Posted 7 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

    • Malaysians are indeed fortunate to have Dr. Mahathir's experience & know-how in guiding the country back to good health. I hope he will be allowed to be Prime Minister as long as he can, with younger Ministers and politicians learning from him. Dr. M makes govt easy for everyone..

      Posted 7 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

  • Obviously, the above researcher lacks some basic ideas about research. 1. A state that is ruled by PAS will obviously have less % supporting PH. 2. Pahang is ex PM's home state, so his money influence will reduce PH %. 3. In English we use 'Euphemism' so that our conclusion is not extreme, especially when the difference is very narrow. 4. Neutrality is the hallmark of a good research.Do you need me to say more. Ph made one very big mistake when they took over the government. They should have done a fact finding why some government officers face termination just before GE14. Many truths would have been revealed by them.

    Posted 7 years ago by Shaikh karim · Reply

    • The survey only shows the facts through numbers, no? 1008 respondents from 13 states is a rather small sample size though. There's also no indication of the demographic spread of respondents within states. Still, some of the results seem to bear witness to the reasoning points you make.

      Posted 7 years ago by Elaine Pereira · Reply

  • 51 -60 age band, frustrated "earthly, religious" people not satisfied. Takpe la, they are not the one entrusted to carry and shape the country's future.

    Posted 7 years ago by Jebat Hebat · Reply