1. For the first time, Abdullah’s popularity has plunged
from a record high of 91 per cent in November 2004 to 61 per cent in
January 2008 (just before the March 8 general election), down to 53
per cent in April 2008. With the unchecked free-fall in the past
three months, Abdullah’s popularity rating has crashed below 50% in
the latest survey to 42%.
2. The popular “satisfaction” quotient with the Barisan
Nasional federal government has also fallen below 50%, with 54 per
cent either “somewhat dissatisfied” or “very dissatisfied” with the
Barisan Nasional government, while 44 per cent said they were either
“very satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied”.
3. Only half of the respondents agree that the leaders in
the Barisan Nasional government understand what the ordinary people
are going through – with 16% for “strongly agree” and 34 per cent
for “somewhat agree” while 47% polled negative (18% for “strongly
disagree” and 29% for “somewhat disagree”); and 3% for “Don’t know”.
4. Asked on satisfaction with Umno “as a political party in
reflecting the aspirations and needs of the people of Malaysia”,
there was a resounding “No” from 58% of the respondents (25% “Very
dissatisfied” and 33% “Somewhat dissatisfied”), with positive
response only from 36% (10% “Very satisfied” and 26% “Somewhat
satisfied”). There was 5% “Don’t know” and 1% “No response”.
5. On whether Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak would
make a good prime minister, there was another resounding “No”, with
47% negative responses (21% “Strongly disagree” and “26% somewhat
disagree”) as against 34% positive response (8% “Strong agree” and
26% “somewhat agree”). There were 17% responses for “Don’t know” and
2% for “No response.”
6. In November 2006, 72% expressed satisfaction “with the way thing
are going in the country at present”. This has plunged to 63% in
December 2007, 66% just before the March 8 general election, 44% in
May and a dismal 28% in July 2008.
7. In October 2006, 59% viewed the economy favourably. This
has plunged to 24% in July 2008. In Oct. 2008, 49% viewed favourably
the “current economic conditions compared to three years ago”. This
has plunged to 19% in July 2008. In Oct. 2006, 57% favourably
“expected the economy to be one year from now”. This has plunged to
20% in July 2008.
8. 55 percent of the respondents do not believe the sodomy
allegations leveled against Anwar. Only 11 percent believed in the
allegations, while 26 percent said they did not know if the claims
were true. Eight percent gave no response.
9. Two-thirds, or 66 percent, of the respondents believed
that the accusations against Anwar Ibrahim were politically
motivated.
10. The majority of the respondents polled showed that they
have no confidence that the judiciary, the Attorney-General’s
Chambers and the police would carry out their roles in handling
Anwar’s Sodomy II case in a fair and independent manner – i.e. 50%
against the judiciary, 53% against the Attorney-General and 55%
against the Police.
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