Wow, I wonder if MCA change their name and constitution, would more Indians leave MIC/DAP/PKR/PPP and join MCA? 🙂

The poll, conducted by the centre between Sept 11 and 22, interviewed 1,002 registered voters on their perceptions of current issues, the economy and the country’s leadership. Respondents were selected via random stratified sampling method along the lines of state of residence, ethnicity, gender and age. 55% Malay, 36% Chinese, 9% Indian. 51% urbanites and 48% from rural area. Equal number of male and female respondents. 10% aged 63 above, 16% aged 56-63, 29% aged 44-55, 26% aged 32-43, and 19% aged 21-31.

A quarter of the respondents were homemakers, 22% were employed in private sector, 12% each are self-employed and retired, while 8% in public sector, 4% unemployed, and 2% own business.

35% of them had less than RM1500 household income, 26% between RM1501-3000, 14% between RM3001-RM5000, 12% having RM5000 or more, and 13% no answer.

In terms of location, 38% from central region, 24% from southern, 19% from eastern and nothern respectively. As for education level, 35% were SPM leavers, 19% primary education, 18% up to PMR level, 10% diploma, and 11% degree and above.

The margin of error was estimated at ±3.10%. It was also noted that the survey was concluded during “impending” September 16th crossover. The full poll results are in PDF format over here. It covers a wide area –

1. problems affecting the country at the moment – for which 50% were concerned over economic issues and 21% over political issues. Political issues rose 20% compared to March 2008.

2. satisfaction over federal goverment’s handling of the issues – generally the dissatisfaction is above 69&.

3. 21% were not aware of tabling of Budget! 42% said budget not beneficial at all, 23% said somewhat unbeneficial and 28% said somewhat beneficial.

4. 54% said if Pakatan forms federal government, the Malay political power will remain but UMNO loses power.

5. 53% were at least somewhat dissatisfied with PM Badawi’s performance, while 43% approved his performance. This was an overall improvement for all races if compared to the poll in mid August. with Chinese increasing by 5%, while Indians by 3%, Malays by 2%.

6. 44% agree that Najib will be a good PM while 39% disagree. This is an improvement compared to July poll results, except for Indians who declined 5%. It increased the most among the Chinese, 13%.

7. 69% say that Ahmad Ismail’s statement is unappropriate, while 25% agreed. The Indians registered 100% disproval, while it was 90% for the Chinese. It was 58% for the Malays. Hmmm…this is food for thought.

8. In the exclusive question for Malay respondents, 41% felt that Ahmad Ismail’s statement was born out of concern for the Malay community, while 55% said it was due to own political interest.

9. Quite a number of Indians believe Anwar is not an agent of US/Jews (85%), is not a sexual criminal (86%), is a competent manager of the economy (85%) and is a strong and visionary leader (90%). The other communities were not so believing.

10. And probably the most shocking find was that 70% of the Indians knew about MCA election compared to the Chinese themselves (55%) ! Indians were also not agreeable to a politician tainted with sexual scandal to hold senior position in a political party and government at 79%, with Malays at 88%. The Chinese were 54% disagreeable.

There were some other questions related to Anwar Ibrahim, and MCA elections as well.

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