Students: Can our vote make change?

Despite the high turnout rate of UMac students, there is still a considerable percentage of UMac students who did not vote in the election. A Year 3 student identified as Cheang from the FSH says the reason she did not vote is due to a lack of interest and knowledge of the election. Cheang mentions that she seldom discusses politics with her family or friends since she finds it "meaningless" to talk about it. But she says that she is willing to attend seminars and discussion on politics on campus if UMac is to organize such types of political activities. 

Patrizio Lau, a Year 1 student from the FBA, who answered all the questions correctly in the questionnaire, says he usually obtains information of the Macao Legislative Assembly and the election from newspapers or brochures from candidates. He finds all the information is very useful in understanding the political phenomenon of Macao. When asked about the definition of "politics," Lau describes it as a matter that will hardly be improved even though there are positive attitudes from Macao citizens.

About 23 percent of students find the election result satisfactory and 72 percent find it average.

A Year 2 student from the FBA who prefers to be anonymous thinks the result of the election is so so. She thinks the result would have been better if there had been one candidate from each group occupying one seat in the Legislative Assembly rather than several candidates from one group occupying several seats. Thus, there would be more voices from candidates of different professions, she adds.