What can the government learn from dipping approval ratings? — Nathaniel Tan
29 April 2019
Approval ratings for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad followed a similar trend. After GE 14 it stood at 83%, in January 2019 it had gone down to 58%, and in March 2019, it is now 46%, dipping below half for the first time. When those who believed the country was going in the wrong direction were asked why they believed so, two concerns seemed to dominate,Secondly, 21% said that the administration was ‘weak’.
The bad news is, the way the global economy is interconnected nowadays, it feels like national governments have a decreasing amount of control over a country’s economy.
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