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This article examines the patterns of political attitudes, and support among first-time young voters (18-years-old voters) towards the integrity of candidates and political parties contesting in the 15th General Election (GE15). The main objectives of this article are: to identify the level of acceptance towards 18-yearold voters and their willingness to vote; to identify the patterns of voter attitudes based on the values of candidate and party integrity; to understand the patterns of attitudes based on the current political realities; and to evaluate perceptions towards the integrity of the coalitions of political parties contesting in GE15. The research data was obtained through a random cluster survey, conducted online involving more than 40 youth groups nationwide before the GE15. Based on the analysis of 370 samples, the findings show that more than 80% of respondents have a positive view (agree and strongly agree) of the government's decision to approve the 18-year-old voting policy and consider it right. The respondents' willingness to vote is also very high, between 86.7-88.6%. Most respondents (68-97%) show a pattern of political attitudes that desire leaders and political parties with high integrity. However, the majority know that not all candidates and political parties are clean and will make the best voting choices in GE15. The findings also show that the majority of firsttime voters have a partisan political attitude and tend to vote for the party they are affiliated with. The assessment of the integrity of the political party coalitions shows that the PN coalition is rated as the most integral, followed by PH, GTA, and BN. The article concludes that first-time voters desire a fair and responsible government. They also constantly observe and analyze the country's political developments and have their assessments of the candidates and parties contesting in GE15. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a democratic country like Malaysia, the media plays a vital role in shaping the structure of political knowledge and encouraging political participation among new young voters. Lack of empirical study on structure of political knowledge among new young voters in Malaysia conducted even the topic of political participation readiness gain popular in political forums. The objective of this study are to analyse the level of political knowledge structure from 1) democratic information dimension, 2) election information dimension, and 3) political party information dimension among new young voters in Malaysia. This study uses a quantitative approach with a survey method on 547 respondents aged 18-26 throughout Malaysia from the North, East, West, South, and Borneo Zones. The findings reported that new young voters in Malaysia have a high level of political knowledge on democratic information and election information. However, for political party information at a moderate level. This study suggests that the SPR organize an outreach program in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Education Malaysia, and the Ministry of Higher Education in promoting voting awareness campaigns purposely to increase engagement of new young voters with government entities. Uploading photos, creating content on social media, and tagging the government entities. By using 'prompt' strategy and algorithm tools, it helps new young voters in Malaysia who are less interested in politics gain exposure to political information through government policy information and finally, shape their structure of political knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For the first time in history, UMNO/BN fell in the 14th General Election (GE14). Many seats fail to be maintained including areas with many Malay voters. This raises the question, have Malay voters no longer favouring a Malay -based party like UMNO? This study aims to look at the factors that motivate Malay voters to make changes in GE-14. The study was conducted qualitatively through interviews involving respondents who are political stakeholders and also national political experts. In general, respondents are of the view that the average Malay voter still votes for Malay-based parties due to party identification and sociological factors. However, the issues that arose in the GE-14 fit the theory of rational choice when it also affected a number of Malay voters. In conclusion, the ethnic-based political approach is still relevant as a method of gaining ethnic Malay votes, but other factors must also be taken into account in order to get optimal support. Further research also needs to be done especially on voters themselves in the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Johor is known for its UMNO-born state on May 11, 1946, which has been the stronghold of UMNO in Malaysia since the first General Election (GE-1). The UMNO-led BN won GE-1 to GE-13 in the state for the state assembly by winning more than 2/3 seats. But in the 14th general election, Johor for the first time fell to the opposition party Pakatan Harapan (PH), which used the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) logo by winning 36 state seats compared to the BN (19 seats) and PAS only 1 seat. Johor politics changed again on February 26, 2020 when the PPBM (BERSATU) stepped out of the PH and formed the Perikatan Nasional (PN) along with Muafakat Nasional (MN) and a Indipendent people representative. This political dynamic is an interesting arrangement involving political strategy and art in order to gain political power either constitutional or have an interest. It is, therefore, the purpose of writing this article to analyze election politics in the GE-14 and post-GE-14. Based on the analysis of the 2018 GE results, field observations and secondary sources such as journal articles and conference papers, the findings show that the victory of the BN and the defeat of the BN in the GE-14 and the post-PN PN PN victory in Johor prove that nothing is impossible who remains in politics. Indeed, political science is full of dynamics and artistry. The stronger national issues influenced the political decisions of the people of Johor, and the state and local leaders of Johor also took their turn. PH victory in GE-14 fueled by support from China and India in addition to young Malay voters and most of the First Time Voters are influenced by social media. The implication of this article is that the victorious party must exercise the responsibility of a just and trustworthy government for the good of the people while the deceased must play a role as the builder in ensuring the physical and spiritual development of the people of Johor in the eyes of all politicians in the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the by-election for Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly seat of Rantau which was held on 13 April 2019. Rantau by-election was won by BN Candidate defeating PH candidate with a big majority. Thus, the article explains several factors that have prompted the victory of BN at Rantau, such as the credibility of candidate, Malay-Islam sentiment, non-Malay support, PH's GE14 manifesto promises and the young voters' support. Apart from that, the article also discusses some of the factors that prevented PH from winning the state seat of Rantau such as people's frustrations on PH, UMNO-PAS cooperation, Malay-Islam sentiment by UMNO, political campaigning culture, cooperation within the PH coalition component parties and the freedom of the media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

General Elections (GE) to the 13th (2013) is the most intense election in the history of elections in Malaysia that are characterized by political scientists as 'the mother of the election' in Malaysia. This is because for the first time in the history of the opposition have almost equal chances to win the election. Thus, this article will look at and analyze the voting trends that occur with the use of aggregate data of 2013 GE. The of parliamentary election results showed a reduction in the number of parliamentary seats won by Barisan Nasional when it won only 133 seats (60 per cent) compared to the 140 seats in GE 2008. It also intends Barisan Nasional failed to regain the two-thirds majority mandate seats of the total 222 parliamentary seats as 'political tsunami' in election 2008. But the pull of the popular vote in favor of Pakatan Rakyat when acquiring 51 per cent compared to Barisan Nasional only obtained 47 percent. Such a result shows democracy is still practiced in the country. Thus, BN as the central government needs to do something, perhaps reform the political strategies and their leaders to recapture the hearts of voters who do not support them in order to get a stronger mandate that a majority of 2/3 of parliamentary seats next recapture 'rich state' which Selangor and Penang in the next general election. For the opposition parties, the democratic space available should be used in addition to being able to play the role of 'checks and balances' for the benefit of the people in this country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Those voters is one of the important components in the elections. Understanding behavior and voting patterns by voters will help the parties contesting and win the election. Various factors associated how this pattern occurs such as geography, sociology, psychology, ethnic, class and so on. In general, there are three approaches to model/theory of voter behavior that has made researchers in the West as sociological model, party identification theory and rational choice theory. Thus, this article aims to examine the influence voter behavior approach to the selection of political parties in the Legislative State Assembly (N22) Jelawat, Bachok, Kelantan. Several methods have been used to study the literature research, and questionnaires to 200 respondents in three polling districts selected based on the geographic location of the municipality such as urban, semi-urban and rural areas in Jelawat N22. The study found that voter behavior theory most preferably at study area are rational choice theory that voters will give their votes to the party or the candidate most likely to satisfy their demands with guided information and knowledge to something that option. The majority of respondents support the BN in the 13th general election and will continue to support the BN in the coming 14th general election. Respondents also noted the opportunity to capture Kelantan BN in the coming election are slim majority stated otherwise uncertain. Thus, these findings could be used as a general reference materials or guidance to all parties whether the political party or government to examine the issues and problems that occur in the study area in order for the parties involved to be more sensitive to the demands and needs of society better. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]