Majority of Malaysians polled in survey happy with PM By New Straits Times

69 per cent of Malaysian voters are satisfied with the performance of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) as the prime minister, according to a survey by Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research completed on Aug 10. BERNAMA photo

New Straits Times | 02-Sept-2020 – PETALING JAYA: 69 per cent of Malaysian voters are satisfied with the performance of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the prime minister, according to a survey by Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research completed on Aug 10.

“The survey found some significant ethnic variances, where nine out of 10 Malay and Bumiputera from Sabah and Sarawak gave the PM the thumbs up, while 65 percent of Indians and only 33 percent Chinese were satisfied with him.

“The prime minister’s approval rating continues to be in a comfortable, positive territory considering that he has held the position since March 2020. The similar tendency was also found in the public evaluation of the federal government.

“58 percent of voters are happy with the performance of the Perikatan Nasional government led by the PM while 28 percent were dissatisfied and angry,” said Merdeka Centre co-founder and programmes director Ibrahim Suffian in a statement today.

Interestingly, he said, the income gap was one of the indicators to differentiate who agreed or disagreed with the performance of the government.

He said around three-quarter of respondents whose household income was less than RM2,000 per month expressed positive views towards the federal government but only 40 per cent were positive among those whose household income were higher than RM7,000 per month.

At the same time, 51 percent of respondents felt the country was headed in the right direction. The number is slightly lower than May this year, but it was still significantly higher than the last six months, he said.

“Between July 2019 and February 2020, only a quarter of Malaysians thought the country was moving on th

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