Generational divide : how Pakatan Harapan swung the youth vote in GE14

This article examines the strategies of both the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) in trying to reach out to youth voters. It seeks to understand the factors that led to PH winning 80% of the youth votes despite the political structures in place that were skewed against the Opposition a...

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Main Author: Waikar, Prashant
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1540482021-12-14T05:11:24Z Generational divide : how Pakatan Harapan swung the youth vote in GE14 Waikar, Prashant S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Social sciences::Political science Youth Voters Pakatan Harapan This article examines the strategies of both the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) in trying to reach out to youth voters. It seeks to understand the factors that led to PH winning 80% of the youth votes despite the political structures in place that were skewed against the Opposition and BN’s strong youth outreach. The article argues that BN’s brand of politics which employs Malay-Muslim supremacy is reliant on a practice of feudalistic politics which privileges older Malaysians and thus tends to disempower youths. Since BN utilised this brand of politics to remain in power, it became exceedingly difficult for its component parties to avoid alienating Malaysian youths. This allowed PH to seize the initiative for the youth vote by crafting strategies that sought to rupture the hierarchical nature of Malay-Muslim supremacy. 2021-12-14T05:11:23Z 2021-12-14T05:11:23Z 2020 Journal Article Waikar, P. (2020). Generational divide : how Pakatan Harapan swung the youth vote in GE14. The Round Table, 109(2), 155-172. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2020.1741883 0035-8533 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154048 10.1080/00358533.2020.1741883 2-s2.0-85084446347 2 109 155 172 en The Round Table © 2020 The Round Table Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Youth Voters
Pakatan Harapan
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Youth Voters
Pakatan Harapan
Waikar, Prashant
Generational divide : how Pakatan Harapan swung the youth vote in GE14
description This article examines the strategies of both the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) in trying to reach out to youth voters. It seeks to understand the factors that led to PH winning 80% of the youth votes despite the political structures in place that were skewed against the Opposition and BN’s strong youth outreach. The article argues that BN’s brand of politics which employs Malay-Muslim supremacy is reliant on a practice of feudalistic politics which privileges older Malaysians and thus tends to disempower youths. Since BN utilised this brand of politics to remain in power, it became exceedingly difficult for its component parties to avoid alienating Malaysian youths. This allowed PH to seize the initiative for the youth vote by crafting strategies that sought to rupture the hierarchical nature of Malay-Muslim supremacy.
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title_short Generational divide : how Pakatan Harapan swung the youth vote in GE14
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