Prestasi Dan Populariti Kerajaan Persekutuan Dan Kerajaan Kedah Dibawah Perikatan Nasional: Kajian Kes Di Kawasan DUN Jitra, Kedah

Performance and Popularity of The Federal Government and The Government of Kedah under The National Alliance: A Case Study In the State Legislative Assembly Constituency Area of Jitra, Kedah

Abstract

Peralihan kuasa kepimpinan di kawasan DUN Jitra selepas kemelut politik memberi tumpuan kepada prestasi dan populariti Kerajaan Persekutuan dan Kerajaan Negeri Kedah dibawah Perikatan Nasional di kawasan DUN Jitra, Kedah. Kajian ini memberi penekanan terhadap tingkah laku pengundian dalam pembuatan keputusan untuk memilih calon dalam pilihan raya. Kajian dilaksanakan untuk mengenal pasti sumber maklumat politik responden di samping mengkaji prestasi dan populariti Kerajaan Persekutuan dan Kerajaan Negeri Kedah dan menganalisis sentimen politik semasa di sekitar kawasan kajian untuk melihat sejauhmana penerimaan pengundi terhadap kerajaan baru iaitu Perikatan National (PN). Pengumpulan maklumat melalui pengedaran borang soal selidik kepada 50 orang responden lelaki dan perempuan yang layak mengundi iaitu berusia 21 tahun ke atas. Kaedah temubual dilaksanakan bersama individu yang berjawatan dalam parti politik di kawasan kajian termasuk kaedah pemerhatian semasa di lapangan serta kepustakaan dan rujukan sumber sekunder. Hasil menunjukkan majoriti responden meletakkan kepercayaan tinggi kepada sumber maklumat media elektronik. Selain itu, prestasi pemerintahan Kerajaan Persekutuan dibawah PN (BERSATU) menerima sambutan yang baik manakala pemerintahan Kerajaan di peringkat Negeri dibawah PN (PAS) hanya meraih sebanyak 34 peratus bagi prestasi baik. Diharapkan dapatan kajian ini dapat dijadikan sebagai strategi pelaksanaan dasar dan gerak kerja agensi kerajaan yang berkait dengan politik pilihan raya.

Kata kunci: Geografi politik, komunikasi politik, tingkah laku pengundian, sumber maklumat, literasi politik

ABSTRACT

The transfer of leadership in DUN, Jitra constituency after the political crisis focused on the performance and popularity of the Federal Government and the Government of Kedah under The National Alliance (PN) in the said area. This study emphasises on the voting behavious in decision making to vote for candidates in elections. The study was conducted to identify the sources of respondents political information, besides the performance and popularity of the Federal Government and the Government of Kedah under The National Alliance (PN) while analysing the current political sentiments in the research area to see the extend of voter acceptance of the new government, the National Alliance (PN). Information for the research was gathered through questionnaires distribution involving 50 male and female respondents who were eligible to vote, which is 21 years old and above. Interview was also conducted with individuals of position in their political parties of the studied area, including observation along with materials from the library and references from secondary sources. The result show most respondents place a high trust in electronic media as their information sources. And apart from that, the Federal Government under PN (BERSATU) performance received a positive response while the Government of Kedah under PN (PAS) only achieved 34 per cent for good performance. It is hoped that the findings of this study can be used as a strategy for implementing policies and actions of government agencies related to electoral politics.

Keywords: Political geography, political communication, voting behavior, sources of information, political literacy