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Malaysia GE: Youth voters remain a toss-up
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Youth under 30 make up six million, or almost one in four of all eligible voters in the country.
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James Chai
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Never before in Malaysian history has so large a voting bloc emerged with so little known about which way it might swing.
Youth under 30 make up six million, or almost one in four of all eligible voters in the country, with more than half of these young voters from a generation with no inkling of a world without smartphones or global connectivity. They will have vastly different expectations of politics, policies and how national leaders should engage voters.

