UMNO is becoming relevant again moment is about middle class dignity
It can be inferred here, then, that UMNO did not lose support from middle-aged and elderly Malays in the area.
Gerakan, also a Chinese-based political party, is a party that is not being taken seriously by many voters due to their many failures in the past.It is an indication that voters now cannot be taken for granted. Their level of political awareness is increasing and they are aware that they will decide who serves their constituency.
Moreover, the voters too considered practicality. With merely 238 votes distance between the two candidates, this shows a healthy competition. The hopes and dreams of an aspiring new middle class have been affirmed for the first time in history. believe that their future is open, not predetermined, and can be altered by their own actions. In a fine book, Bourgeois Dignity, Deirdre McCloskey explains that the same thing happened during the great transformation of the West in the 19th and early 20th century when the industrial revolution created a middle class that changed the master narrative of western societies.The typical voter who elected Mah was not a chinene but a malay. He was a young, middle-of-the-road person, who had recently migrated from a village to a small town. He had got his first job and his first cellphone and he aspired to a life better than his father’s. The stocky, selfmade , inspired him with his message of development and governance, making him forget his race, religion, and village. The young man became convinced that his battle was not against other race, religion, but against UMNO Underlying dignity is the freedom that reforms bring when economic decisions move from the offices of politicians and bureaucrats to the market place that we should make development , a mass movement, legitimized rules-based capitalism (in contrast to crony capitalism). In this respect he is like Margaret Thatcher and Deng who made their people believe in the market. It was the job that a reformer Najib was supposed to perform. But he didn’t even succeed in selling economic reforms McCloskey explains that the same thing happened in the West in the 19th century when the narrative of middle class aspirations for a better life triumphed over all other narratives as people became comfortable with market institutions.Unlike the mood of diminished expectations in the West, ours is the age of rising expectations in India. Having attained hard-fought dignity, the aspiring voter is filled with self-confidence after electing Mah. But he is also impatient and unforgiving. If Mah does not deliver on his promises for development and governance, he will not be shy to boot him out at the next election. The ball is in Mah court
Undoubtedly, this was one of the toughest by-elections in our electoral history. The DAP had taken a big risk, fielding a young, inexperienced politician as a candidate.
Moreover, as a party whose majority are Chinese, the DAP fielded a Malay, while Barisan Nasional picked a local, Datuk Mah Siew Keong, as the candidate. Psychologically, elder voters who have been staying in Teluk Intan all this while would have felt more comfortable with Mah, as he had strong family and friends connection in his hometown. Tactically, the BN made the right move.
However, the difference of 238 votes, which is less than the spoilt votes of more than 700 votes, sends another signal. After all, it was not an easy fight for the Gerakan. DAP's courage in taking the risk by fielding Dyana in its attempt to break the racial barrier deserves to be praised. The close by-election results underline the unpredictable and dynamic political landscape in the country.
where a government wheezes, gasps and limps triumphantly to the finish line because there is no other horse in the race? Mahathir’s take on the election results was revealing- he felt that the problem lay in the absence of a strong grassroots network which did not convert positive intention into delivered votes while Najib complained of there being too many leaders on the ground. In both cases, what is interesting is that the analysis is in
In electoral science, statistics are illustrative, interpretation is critical and everything is fluid. Politics is evolutionary, and evolution – even Darwin’s – is a theory, not a fact. No election is an echo of the past, let alone a mirror of the future.
Defeat is the distance between a bedtime story and a wake-up call. The former starts with ‘Once upon a time…’ and lulls the voter to sleep. The second is an energiser that addresses a fresh dawn.
Three political parties have become victims of their own success: their narrative has run its course, and they have not been able to find a further chapter to their saga.The GERAKAN story is the simplest: the fairies have abandoned its fairy tale. It began as the party of refugees from MCA Datuk Seri Najib Razak must act now and snuff out once and for all attempts by his ruling Barisan Nasional’s (BN) main party to inflame religious sensitivities in the run-up to national polls, his political foes from Pakatan Rakyat (PR) reminded the prime minister today as they denounced a controversial Facebook posting in Umno Youth’sThe statistics of this year’s general elections do not justify the self-evident depression that has overtakenThe Left, which could have been taken seriously had it taken itself seriously, reminds one of an anecdote which should be better-known. The ever-punctual Comrade Gorbachev, who huffed and puffed so hard that he brought the whole Soviet house down, was once late for a meeting with a French delegation. He explained to his guests that he had been delayed by a problem in agriculture. When did the problem begin, asked the solicitous French. ‘‘In 1917,’’ replied Gorbachev.
A Pakatan Rakyat double-decker tour bus has been repeatedly splashed with red paint, reflecting that the next general election is approaching and the conflicts between the confronting coalitions have been intensified.
Meanwhile, the route of the bus has also exposed the Pakatan Rakyat’s political strategy.
The bus carrying Pakatan Rakyat leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was attacked in Kelantan, Malacca and Johor. Why was Anwar touring these states instead of Selangor, which has been greatly attacked by Barisan Nasional?
Anwar made an announcement recently that the Selangor state election will not be held simultaneously with the general election, as the Election Commission has not cleaned up the electoral roll.
Pakatan Rakyat predicts that the general election might be fall in October or early November and it is also estimated that the Kedah and Penang state elections will be delayed. However, the Kelantan state election will be held simultaneously with the general election.
The strategy brings several advantages to Pakatan Rakyat. First of all, leaders of the opposition pact can first attack BN’s fortress states, including Johor, Malacca, Pahang, Sabah and Sarawak.
Secondly, when Pakatan Rakyat is attacking BN’s fortress states, More important, the major Opposition parties seem trapped in either geographical or ideological limitations, with their cadre having become part-asset and part-liability. Mulayam Singh Yadav, whose political skills should not be underestimated in a crisis, and who put them on display in a feisty performance in the last Lok Sabha session, has been unable to grow outside Uttar Pradesh. The ‘Yadav’ .A statistical approach to national elections is more likely to provide accurate predictions than to regional polls. A critical mass has now formed for a stable government and sharp tensions not only along traditional urban-rural lines, but also big city-big town competition. It is a myth that votes gel or splinter only along a single dimension; there are variables even in the support that goes t Mahathir’s Perkasa. This is why opinion and exit polls have lost their excitement. The eventual truth tends to be far more exciting.Moving on and forgetting will not help. We need to deal with our inner fear to help us combat terror! despite the reported spontaneous ire of people against the government, showed a decidedly lower level of interest and response than earlier similar attacks. Newspapers reported life back to normal faster and the ever “resilient” people of …Read more
History does not repeat itself, but does it imitate itself? The answer will take a while.Every political party has colluded in this change; even though self-proclaimed secular parties encourage Muslims to indulge in the self-delusion that a dispute exists. In truth, all that the can offer is to build a bigger illussion , which does not quite have the same emotive force as MCA have chauvinism to fall back upon. If the MCA wants to reclaim national space, it will have to establish another horizon.
When socialism became passe,PAS themself brilliantly as the anti-thesis of the UMNO, blending it with a distinctive element of DAP socialism, empowerment of the backward poor. However, when the thesis is faltering, the anti-thesis cannot be robust. That is the MCA Party’s problem vis-a-vis the Muslim vote. As for the Backwards: Malay has been milked dry. malay has delivered for those whose prayers were answered Nik Aziz. A new generation of Backwards needs solutions for the 21st century.
MCA can no longer stand for the attacks and, thus, party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek announced to hold eight banquets nationwide, including two in Johor. Attendees of Pakatan Rakyat’s events were mostly Chinese and if a wind of anti-incumbent is triggered in the Chinese society, MCA’s performance in the next general election might be worse than in the 2008 general election.
In conjunction with Malaysia Day, leaders of Pakatan Rakyat have recently been working hard in Sabah and Sarawak. They have also signed the Kuching Declaration, promising to restore the rights and autonomy of the states under the Federal Constitution, according to the Malaysia Agreement.
Relying on Anwar’s personal networks, Pakatan Rakyat has successfully roped in some BN leaders and if the general election is further delayed, once the anti-BN forces are combined to strengthen activities in the inland areas and stir up emotions, Sabah and Sarawak might no longer be the fixed-deposit states of BN.The shock is that Najib could not read the internal map of every constituency as well as he once did.UMNO confidence lies in its brilliant management of the most important gene in democracy’s biology. It consolidated its vote, while najib dissipated his support.umno has become the natural recipient of the Muslim vote, both of which have well-defined geographies and therefore, tip their candidates into the lead. UMNO strength in the next assembly election, and do remember the ‘if’ attached – then its seat-slippage will continue.
In addition to votes in BN’s fortress state, Pakatan Rakyat is also trying to win women’s votes by introducing the Agenda Wanita Malaysia, hitting the 1 Malaysia concept.Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is ramping up its efforts to win over women voters with the formation of an initiative called Agenda Wanita Malaysia (Malaysian Women’s Agenda) this September 13. This comes on the back of political observers and analysts saying that both the youth and women are the swing voters who will determine who takes world.readmorehttp://maztulisstrategicmanagement.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/the-murderous-dance-gerakan-story-the-party-of-refugees-from-mca-their-narrative-has-run-its-course/
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