How and where GE15 gets done: Merdeka Centre's Ibrahim Suffian sketches out November 19

In this episode of the 'Malaysia in deluge' series on Malaysia's 15th general elections, pollster Ibrahim Suffian of the Merdeka Centre sketches out the tough landscape for both incumbents and oppositions alike as they rush to the November 19 election day. Will GE15 resolve Malaysia's uncertainty and herald a 'credible and stable' government promised by the competing coalitions? Will the big jump in new voters matter, and party legacies be discarded? And do the once-heavily weighted and fought over rural electorates now give way to tight contests in cities and towns? As Malaysia's urbanisation grows beyond two-thirds of the population and the pandemic traumas break down ways of connecting, does social media become the vital news currency?

*The MASSA (Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia) podcast series discusses the themes, tropes and tendencies of GE15, with all sorts of experts in politics, the economy, the polls, the media, religion, and society.