Poll: Bangkokians have no political affiliation

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Poll: Bangkokians no political affiliation

Published: 10 Mar 2013 at 10.01
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A majority of the people in Bangkok have no political affiliation and want to be neutral, Abac Poll reveals on Sunday.

The poll was conducted on March 7 to 9 on 1,525 eligible voters in Bangkok after the March 3 Bangkok governor election.

Asked about their political standpoint after the Bangkok governor election, the majority or 59.9% of the respondents said they had no political affiliation and would like to stay neutral while 17.2% said they supported the government and 22.9% said otherwise.

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englishbob
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Discussion 12 : 11 Mar 2013 at 17.1512
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"Most, or 84%, of the respondents believed all past governments were corrupt."
Then stop VOTING for them, Somchai!!

"A majority, or 64%, believed the conflict between the two major political parties would become more serious, particularly over constitutional amendment, amnesty, corruption and the higher cost of living."
In other words... Peua Thai's stock in trade will cause more conflict.
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Discussion 11 : 10 Mar 2013 at 20.0911
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ABAC again, so we should probably assume the opposite it true. Just last week the director of ABAC was saying they wouldnt publish any more political polls. Third rate polls to go with their third rate schools, colleges and the (so called) university. What a joke this mob are.
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Discussion 10 : 10 Mar 2013 at 18.2310
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Discussion 9. Did you even look at the voting distribution around Bangkok. Now way they will take close to half the seats.
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Discussion 9 : 10 Mar 2013 at 14.419
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Never take the polls too seriously (lessons learnt), while it is now evident that Bangkok is no longer anyone's stronghold. I am waiting to see the big change to the vote distribution in the next general election, and PT taking half or even more than half of the MP seats for Bangkok. Changes are the driving force for Bangkok, and the country as a whole to move forward.
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Discussion 8 : 10 Mar 2013 at 14.128
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Discussion 6.
To add to your list.
Continued suppression of the poor by supporting a feudal system. PTP supports the village headmen who in term guarantee PTP the votes but keep the villagers downtrodden.
Many reds claim to support the poor but can not see that that is the furthest thing from PTP's eyes.
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Discussion 7 : 10 Mar 2013 at 13.457
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Discussion 6.
In all your rantings I see you make no mention of intimidation of non PTP voters by the red shirts. Do you think this is right? Or because it is done by your side do you have no problem with it?
Or please don't tell me that you don't believe that happens.
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Discussion 6 : 10 Mar 2013 at 12.296
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Disc. #4 - "The vote in Bangkok confirmed that educated people will make educated decisions...."

Typical PAD-Dem arrogance that leads to certain conclusions, such as:
>Mistrust of electoral democracy considering their minority status
>If they had their way, they would do away with elections, for an appointive system - Remember 70-30?
>Results in them sticking with an elitist Abhisit type leader, who is totally out-of-sync with the majority electorate
>Totally convinced of their political superiority and entitlements
>Propensity for coups due to electoral challenges
>No problem attacking anti-coup elements at R'song, regardless of hum
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Discussion 5 : 10 Mar 2013 at 11.585
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Is a sample of just 1,525 people from a city the size of Bangkok enough to justify stating "the majority of the people in Bangkok have no political affiliation and want to be neutral"? I wonder what the breakdown of gender and age groups were? What areas of Bangkok were the polls taken and importantly, how were the questions and answer choices phrased?
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Discussion 4 : 10 Mar 2013 at 11.144
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The vote in Bangkok confirmed that educated people will make educated decisions and not give in to intimidations or free donuts.
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Discussion 3 : 10 Mar 2013 at 11.143
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Polls such as Abac, Nida, etc., reflect Opposition opinion, not that of the general public.

Lets' count the ways:

>"People in Bangkok have no political affiliation and want to be neutral"
Given Oppositional electoral deficiencies countrywide, they sure hope this is true, and will suggest it.

>"84% of the respondents believed all of the past governments were corrupt".
Anti-politician agenda's are rife among those who are not well served by electoral democracy

>"64%, believed conflict between the two major political parties..serious"
Political conflicts must be very serious when elite Opposition not in power, according to their P
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