General election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in Malaysia

The purpose of this study is to test the effects of the politically related socio-economic issues, personality of the new Prime Minister and the perceived strength of the ruling party, Barisan Nasional (BN), in influencing the outcomes of elections. It uses the data from the Star-IIUM Survey 2004 a...

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Main Authors: Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham
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Language:English
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description The purpose of this study is to test the effects of the politically related socio-economic issues, personality of the new Prime Minister and the perceived strength of the ruling party, Barisan Nasional (BN), in influencing the outcomes of elections. It uses the data from the Star-IIUM Survey 2004 and the official election results of general election 2004 for the three northern states of Malaysia and applies the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The study found that the personal attributes of the Prime Minister, the strength of the ruling party and the campaign issues positively influenced the popular votes secured by the BN candidates
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spelling iium-265592021-06-17T04:06:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26559/ General election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in Malaysia Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham HA Statistics JQ Political institutions Asia The purpose of this study is to test the effects of the politically related socio-economic issues, personality of the new Prime Minister and the perceived strength of the ruling party, Barisan Nasional (BN), in influencing the outcomes of elections. It uses the data from the Star-IIUM Survey 2004 and the official election results of general election 2004 for the three northern states of Malaysia and applies the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The study found that the personal attributes of the Prime Minister, the strength of the ruling party and the campaign issues positively influenced the popular votes secured by the BN candidates Research Center, IIUM 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26559/1/26559_Arabi_Aidid_58-106-1-PB.pdf Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham (2007) General election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in Malaysia. Intellectual Discourse, 15 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 0128-4878 http://www.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam
spellingShingle HA Statistics
JQ Political institutions Asia
Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi
Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham
General election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in Malaysia
title General election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in Malaysia
title_full General election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in Malaysia
title_fullStr General election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed General election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in Malaysia
title_short General election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in Malaysia
title_sort general election 2004 : empirical validation of voting pattern in malaysia
topic HA Statistics
JQ Political institutions Asia
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