The Awareness of Anti-Party Hopping Law among Youths in Sarawak

Abstract

Malaysian youth are more politically aware nowadays compared to the previous years. However, since the 14th general election in 2018, the national political landscape has been continually shifting, and the party-hopping issues have left many young people in Malaysia unsure over the coalition line-ups and the grand directions of the various political parties. Thus, this paper aims to discover awareness of Anti-Party Hopping Law among youths in Sarawak. The emphasis of the literature focuses on the dominant factor that contributes to the lack of awareness and awareness of Anti-Party Hopping law among young people in Sarawak. This study used a quantitative research methodology for collecting and analyzing the numerical data. The results of the study indicate that social media turns out to be the most dominant factor that leads to lack of awareness on Anti-Party Hopping Law among youths in Sarawak when there is rarely news on Anti-Party Hopping Law in Sarawak has been published on any platform of social media such as Facebook, Instagram and others, which eventually give negative impacts towards youths’ awareness. Youth utilize social media sites virtually daily and share their opinions on various social, political, and economic issues, which suggest that they may become more involved in politics in the future. As a result, the more awareness spread through social media on Anti-Party Hopping Law is linked to the higher level of youth’s awareness in Sarawak.