The five-day 66th UMNO General Assembly, which a
critic has described as “A five-day orgy of sound and fury”, ended with
the UMNO leaders breathing confidence that UMNO/BN are headed to “a
resounding electoral victory” - winning back the two-thirds majority
in Parliament as well as state power in the Pakatan states of Kelantan,
Penang, Selangor and Kedah in the 13 General Election and retaining
illegal and unconstitutional power in Perak.However, the speeches of UMNO leaders after the UMNO General Assembly, particularly the UMNO “eminence grise”, Tun Dr. Mahathir do not bear out this confidence.
Be that as it may, the battle for Putrajaya in the 13GE is going to be a very close one and whoever wins the majority of the four million “middle ground” voters will have the upper hand.
Who are 'middle ground' voters - 3mil new voters & 1mil swing voters
Pakatan Rakyat should focus on winning the over four million “middle ground” voters if we are to succeed in the battle for Putrajaya in 13GE.
For the 13GE, the electorate has increased to slightly more than 13 million voters. There are approximately 3 million new voters in the electorate, 60% of whom are under the age of 30. New voters will comprise 25% of the electorate in the next general election.
The new voters, together with the 10% or so of the swing voters from the 2008 GE, will constitute about 4 million voters in the next GE. These voters will decide on who will govern in Putrajaya after GE13.
