UMNO’s Real Battle Is Not DAP — It Is the Shrinking Malay Vote Bank
UMNO’s Real Battle Is Not DAP — It Is the Shrinking Malay Vote Bank UMNO’s Real Battle Is Not DAP — It Is the Shrinking Malay Vote Bank A data-driven view on where UMNO should focus ahead of GE16 By Amarjeet Singh @ AJ | Political observer & writer | Malaysia Opinion / Analysis There is a dangerous misconception being repeated in Malaysia today: that UMNO’s decline is primarily caused by DAP. It is not. The real contest reshaping Malaysian politics since 2018 is far more uncomfortable to admit: UMNO, PAS and BERSATU are fighting one another inside the same Malay-Muslim voter pool , while DAP operates largely in a different electoral ecosystem. This is not about emotion. It is about data, seat patterns, and the reality of competition in Malay-majority constituencies. 1) The Fundamental Error: Misreading the Battlefiel...