KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin remains the most popular among political party leaders in Malaysia, a survey shows.
In the Public Sentiment of Malaysian Electorate on Political and Leadership Issues released on Tuesday, O2 Malaysia said Muhyiddin garnered an approval rating amounting to 51% out of 1,582 respondents aged 18 and above, who were polled throughout the country via an online survey.
According to the survey conducted between March 26 to April 9, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang stood second at 34%, followed by DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng (30%) and PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (26%).
Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi each garnered a 22% and 11% approval rating, respectively, from the survey based on a random stratified sampling method representative of age groups, gender, ethnicity and state constituency.
In addition, the study conducted to identify voters’ level of support and inclination towards the current national political development showed that the approval rating among two former prime ministers are at the median level, lower than Muhyiddin.
The time-series analysis revealed that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s approval rating of 40% in the second quarter of last year dropped to 29% by the third quarter, but recovered to 33% in the first quarter of this year.
“Meanwhile, Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s popularity in the second quarter of last year stood at 24%, slipped to 21% in the third quarter, and improved to 27% in the first quarter of this year,” according to the survey.
O2 Malaysia is a research and social engagement centre focusing on public sentiments, including politics, elections, socio-economics and public policy research, with an eye for data analytics. – Bernama, May 20, 2021
