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Malaysia is a country that practices parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarch. Elections are an integral part of each independent nation’s democratic system. Voters have criteria to choose from, as well as the candidate’s political stance. The younger generation is defined as a group of people who exhibit political behaviour cultural traits such as being critical, learning more about a subject, and being concerned about transparency and honesty. This study aims to examine the level of the political efficacy of young people on the voting decisions of young people. The quantitative method used questionnaire instruments involving 384 respondents in the Melaka state. The SPSS statistics programme was used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that respondents’ social media use is low while political efficacy is moderate. Young people’s political efficacy is moderate in both internal and external political efficacy, as measured by understanding political and administrative principles and mastery of local and national political concerns. This research has strengthened the concept of political efficacy, which will have a more mature and rational impact on people’s political engagement.
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To Cite this Article: Hassan, M. S., Mohideen, R. S., A’zmi, A. A., Allam, S. N. S., Mustaffa, F., & Ridzuan, A. R. (2021). The Voting Decision: Social Media Use, Internal and External Efficacy Aspects. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(7), 1525–1535.
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