Fencesitters may not be as keen as before, say analysts

PETALING JAYA: Partisan voters will turn up to cast their ballots come hell or high water – but they will not come out in large numbers as they did during GE14 in 2018, say analysts.

Fencesitters, however, may be affected by several considerations, such as monetary factors (duit tambang or travel fares), candidate likeability and levels of awareness or mistrust, said Shahnon Mohamed Salleh, a senior lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Mara’s Faculty of Communication and Media Studies.