Selangor Voters Perception toward Issues in 13th Malaysian General Election

Abstract

The war on perception has been dominated the worlds political, and Malaysia are not excluded. Being the most populous advanced and wealthy state in Malaysia, Selangor provides ideals demographic representation of Malaysian society at large. This study aimed at understanding the issue that influenced Selangor voters to cast their votes in Malaysian 13th General Election, and thus charting new strategies for future election. In doing so, eleven issues are carefully selected and analysed. Using quantitative design with survey technique, this study involved 1,015 randomly selected respondents that representing 56 states constituencies and 26 parliamentary constituencies. Results are presented and further discussed.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n1s1p44