PT supporters misled by exit polls

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PT supporters misled by exit polls

Published: 4 Mar 2013 at 09.13
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Pheu Thai followers’ celebrations were short-lived and smiles rapidly faded as the vote count revealed the majority of the entry and exit polls were very wrong on Sunday.

Key figures of red-shirt United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) and Pheu Thai supporters had gathered at the party's headquarters in Huay Khwang district to cheer on governor candidate Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen. Moments after voting closed TV stations began broadcasting exit poll results, most of them claiming Pol Gen Pongsapat was ahead of his Democrat Party opponent MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra.His supporters started cheering and anticipatory smiles beamed from the faces of Pheu Thai supporters.Their high-spirits faded and silence fell as actual voting figures from each district started to appear, and it dawned on them their candidate was trailing depite the entry and exit polls. As the gap between the two candidates widened, from 20,000 to 50,000 votes and more, the silence was eventually broken. Pheu Thai followers began to angrily swear and shout every time Mr Sukhumbhand appeared on the TV screen.One supporter yelled, “Get out!”, while another slapped the television and said, “You cheated!” Pheu Thai supporters and UDD leaders were no longer smiling and instead looks of grim concern appeared on their faces as they reacted to the reports.Around 6pm, Pol Gen Pongsapat and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, accompanies by other key members of the...

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CMfarang
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Discussion 16 : 05 Mar 2013 at 17.4216
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PT supporters misled by exit polls? PT supporters have been misled all along.
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Discussion 15 : 04 Mar 2013 at 22.2515
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Classic, I would have sold my 'vote' just to be there and see the look on their faces. Tell yourselves a lie enough times and it becomes the truth. The 'Truth Today'.
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Discussion 14 : 04 Mar 2013 at 21.1814
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A first globally: 23,453 polls taken,most just the last week, on every subject and non-subject in Thailand and not one, ever, by anyone, has ever been correct. Are people actually paid to provide such a vast array of nonsense ?
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Discussion 13 : 04 Mar 2013 at 18.4713
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It is good to give the dems a slight glimpse of happiness in yesterday's election, so that the PT party does not fully dominate on the political stage.
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Discussion 12 : 04 Mar 2013 at 16.0212
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d9: "What is difficult to understand though is how could the exit polling be so far off and inconsistent with actually votes cast?" Not difficult to understand at all considering the intimidation at poll stations by the regime's redshirts and brownshirts.
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Discussion 11 : 04 Mar 2013 at 15.3011
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Re D6. Bangkokians clearly think the incumbent IS the best choice to run the city. Which makes the rest of you post completely redundant and obsolete, which ironically is what Pongsapat now is.
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Discussion 10 : 04 Mar 2013 at 14.4210
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Maybe they were polling in the districts that Pongsapat actually won.
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Discussion 9 : 04 Mar 2013 at 13.449
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I can understand that the outside pools before election day had a big chance of being inaccurate as the pollsters can not know who is actually eligible to vote when they ask the questions,( BKK polls a have been traditionally very inaccurate for this very reason) What is difficult to understand though is how could the exit polling be so far off and inconsistent with actually votes cast?
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Discussion 8 : 04 Mar 2013 at 13.368
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Perhaps, just perhaps the people lied in their exit poll answers.

Which is a refreshing change; the people lying to the government (who have their expectations raised and then dashed) , as opposed to the government lying to the people with pre-election promises that are the conveniently forgotten.
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Discussion 7 : 04 Mar 2013 at 13.287
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Isn't it said the way UDD suporters are conned into believing everything that isn't.
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