Survey: Many see politicians as vulgar

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Survey: Many see politicians as vulgar

Published: 15/08/2010 at 02:30 PM
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Many people see the majority of Thai politicians as people who like to speak rudely, look down on others and are devious, according to a latest survey on people's views on politicians conducted by Suan Dusit Poll.

Politicians are seen as disrespectful and disobedience to the Parliament speaker. They are considered to be irresponsible for leaving parliamentary meetings prematurely to express their satisfaction, getting into fights and engaing in inappropriate behaviours.

The respondents said being humble, polite and friendly are a good politician's foremost qualities, followed by being honest, committed, determined and keeping their promises.

42.38 per cent of the polled said the image of politicians worsened after they were seen arguing and fighting in public, followed by involving in corruption and blaming each other.

The respondents said politicians should urgently solve disunity among them, put aside their personal interests and stop abusing their power. They should be honest, ethical, responsible and committed to work for the country and its people.

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Suan Dusit Poll: Politicians urged to work for people
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BANGKOK, 15 August 2010 (NNT) – The majority of Thai people have demanded that politicians should fix their ill behaviors and work more for national interest and people, according to a recent survey by Suan Dusit Poll of Rajabhat Suan Dusit University.

Asked about politicians’ ill behaviors, 63.84% of the respondents deemed politicians impolite and cunning. 21.27% viewed that politicians did not respect the House Speaker and lacked responsibilities in walking out of the meeting room. Other 10.76% disapproved their brawling and improper expressions while in the meeting hall.

Regarding good behaviors, 33.19% of the respondents said politicians were polite and friendly. 24.08% said politicians were able to keep their promise while 23.53% could see their determination and devotion.

As for the behaviors that would tarnish policians’ image, 42.38% of the respondents pointed to their quarrels in public places, followed by corruption practices and slandering.

The respondents hence recommended that politicians should eliminate divisiveness, and should neither seek personal gains nor abuse their power. They wished that politicians were united, and maintained honesty, ethics, and responsibility to work more for the national interest and people.

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Rhetorical. Goes without saying, yes? By it's very nature, politics and their associations, shed a generally unsavoury character. Might be the only entity in our human existences that could universally be agreed upon. Which only supports the case even more to as why we need politics identities and related philosophies - certainly not because it extends on civilisation.

I think it is good to see the people of Thailand making such a judgment on their elected representatives.

Nice people when the elections come around though.
Couldn'd wish to meet a nicer bunch.

Yes..their elected representatives.:mid:

The Dems were round today in my soi, I slowed the car down, rolled down the window and told them to clear out... The missus was quite upset by my behaviour, and she's an ardent red... :)

Then she spent 30 minutes telling me how awful the Dems are. Very strange folk these locals...

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Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

The respondents said being humble, polite and friendly are a good politician's foremost qualities, followed by being honest, committed, determined and keeping their promises.

Therein lies the problem with Thailand...

If an election was held today, how would Thais vote? | Asian Correspondent

If an election was held today, how would Thais vote?

Aug. 16 2010 - 03:30 pm
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There is a new ABAC poll surveying 2,250 people in 12 provinces (กรุงเทพมหานคร ปทุมธานี ชลบุรี นครราชสีมา อุดรธานี กาฬสินธุ์ เชียงใหม่ แม่ฮ่องสอน นครสวรรค์ ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ ภูเก็ต and สงขลา). The survey was conducted between July and August 2010.

Survey Data Methodology:

By gender: 53.6% women and 46.4% men

By age:
those aged 15-24 (15.6%),
those aged 25-35 (29.1%),
those aged 36-45 (24.4%),
those aged 46-60 (30.9%)
By education:
86.1% have less than a bachelor's degree, 13.4% have a bachelor's degree, 0.5% have a higher degree.

By profession:
38.5%are traders/businessman,
29.3% are farmers/contractors
10.5% work for private enterprises,
7.5% are housewives/househusbands/retired,
6.8% are students
4.6% are civil servants/state enterprise employees,
2.3% didn't specify a job/unemployed.
By Monthly Income:
Income under 5,000 Baht, 37.3%
Income below 15,000 Baht a month, 82.3%
Income after 15,000 Baht a month 17.3%
BP: You may have noted BP's general poll disclaimer about a slight Democrat lean for polls

NOTE: In case you are wondering whether there is still any basis for such a disclaimer, you just need to look at the recent by-election in Constituency 6 in Bangkok. Exit poll data (over 5000 were surveyed) indicated the Democrats winning by 12%. The actual result was the Democrats won by 8%. For a variety of reasons, most polls favour the Democrats by around 4-5% points. The discrepancy between the exit poll and the actual result in Constituency 6 has just confirmed BP's view of this (of course, not every poll will be like this so it will not apply in every case).

Q1: What are your views on corruption in business?
A. It is normal, 42%
B. Unsure, 38.8%
C. Don't think it is normal, 19.2%

Breakdown by occupation:

Student Civ servants/state enterprise employees Farmers/contractors Traders/businessmen Priv sector employees
Normal 26.9 46.2 46.7 49.8 51.4
Unsure 39 26.7 39.7 31.4 30.3
Not normal20.3 26.6 14.1 18.8 18.3
BP: None of these figures are particularly surprising. Students are more idealistic that businessmen (shock, horror!).

Q2: What are your views on the current political situation?
A.Support the government, 21.2%
B. Don't support the government, 17%
C. Neither side (silent majority), 61.8%

Breakdown by education:

Less Than Bachelors Bachelors More Than Bachelors
Support 19.5 30.9 41.7
Don't 17.8 12.1 25
Neither side 62.7 57 33.3
BP: Actually, the sample size of those who have more than a bachelor's degree is rather small, but BP is not terribly surprised that this group has more "set" political views. The bachelor's degree one though surprised BP on the disparity between those who support the government versus those who don't.

Breakdown by location:

Urban Rural Bangkok
Support 28.6 17 13
Don't 15.9 16.7 22.7
Neither side 54.5 66.3 64.3

BP: Now, this is one interesting data point. There are more government supporters in urban areas outside of Bangkok than in Bangkok. Actually, BP is not that surprised. Different groups may define differently what "support" for the government means.

Breakdown by age:

15-24 25+ Total
Support 17.1 21.9 21.1
Don't 15.1 17.4 17
Neither side 67.8 60.7 61.8

Q3. If there as an election held today, who would your party list vote be for?

Breakdown by age:

15-24 25+ Total*
Democrats 42.7 40.6 41.7
Puea Thai 45.1 47.5 46.7
Others 12.2 11.9 11.6
* The link has the total figures wrong because mathematically they doesn't make sense. The Bangkok Post figures add up - most of the Thai language papers just mention the 15-24 and 25+ figures and not the total.

BP: Disappointing that there are not breakdowns by occupation or location for this question. Some interesting points:

1. Things are turning more into a two party system. This is good for both parties. Democrats have less to worry from NPP who are looking more like an annoyance (although they will likely hinder the Democrats in the constituency vote). It will be harder for third parties to lure away defectors from Puea Thai given the votes for the third parties is shrinking. Not that some will not try and this is why you have figures of up to 50 million Baht per MP to switch to Bhum Jai Thai. The closer you get to an election, the less rationale for someone to switch.

2. What happens if this poll is also Democrat-leaning by 4-5 points as well? Obviously, you have the constituency vote to consider - actually at the 2007 general election, PPP (predecessor to Puea Thai) and the Democrats were neck-and-neck on the party vote, but PPP won by more than 6% on the constituency vote.

Sorry the tables aren't pretty, Firefox resets them every time. Can't edit.

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63% Northeastern people support govt

KHON KAEN, 10 September 2010 (NNT) – A survey recently conducted by the E-Saan Center for Business and Economic Research found 63% of northeasterners support the government.

The poll, carried out by Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Management on 679 people in 19 northeastern provinces showed that 63.8% of respondents said they support the government with 36.2% against.

Divided into categories, 45.2% supported the government's politics, 54.6% its economic measures, and 56% appreciated its social and environmental actions.

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Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

The poll, carried out by Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Management on 679 people

Isan's total population as of 2000 was 20825000.

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The Uni needs to hang it's head in shame .

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Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

The poll, carried out by Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Management on 679 people in 19 northeastern provinces showed that 63.8% of respondents said they support the government with 36.2% against.

Yes, conclusive proof of support. Must be conclusive if 679 people spread over 19 provinces said so.....fairy nuff!