Over 70 percent agree with next February as the right timing for election: Nida Poll

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Over 70 percent agree with next February as the right timing for election: Nida Poll

By Thai PBS

 

 

More than 70 percent of the respondents to an opinion poll said next February would be the right timing for an election against 20.40 percent who disagreed, according to Nida Poll of the National Institute of Development Administration.

 

Nida Poll gauged the opinions of 1,250 respondents who are 18 years of age and above during March 1-3 about how confident they are with an election to be held in February next year. The survey shows 79.6 percent of the respondents admitted that next February would be the appropriate timing for the election against 20.40 percent who said the timing was not right.

 

On the question of how confident they are with the February election, the poll shows 10.80 percent said they were most confident as the country would return to normalcy; 24.32 percent said they were confident as they have faith in the government’s ability to hold the election; and 23.76 percent said they had little confidence because the government appears to be not ready for the election; 15.36 percent have least confidence and 25.76 percent don’t have any confidence at all.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/70-percent-agree-next-february-right-timing-election-nida-poll/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-03-05

[jenny2017]

 

 Next February in ten years. Perhaps.  

[YetAnother]

50 minutes ago, webfact said:

and 25.76 percent don’t have any confidence at all.

of the splits, the highest percentage has No Confidence; wow; not heartening

[colinneil]

Well i have got the date of the election folks.

The PM just announced it......February 30th.

Edited March 5, 2018 by colinneil

[garyk]

GF here says it will never happen!

Interesting to see if it does?

[pattayadon]

Not gonna happen! Silly to think otherwise. Sorry Thailand, You're stuck with what you've got! 

[harada]

Things must be looking a bit shaky, I see that the chief sh#t stirrer has come out from under his rock, possibly with further instructions to stir the pot, and then, wait for it, election postponed too much unrest. 

[peperobi]

The 70% are peoples that never will say or do something against the authorities!

[Get Real]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

More than 70 percent of the respondents to an opinion poll said next February would be the right timing for an election

See, the people already understand that they have no choice or voice in the matter.

[Lupatria]

Funny, I always read: Nada Poll

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The survey shows 79.6 percent of the respondents admitted that next February would be the appropriate timing for the election

Early Songkran next year delays election

[Blackheart1916]

That's nice, but what do the 0.001% that matters think?

[Srikcir]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Over 70 percent agree with next February as the right timing for election

That's not what the poll asked.

The "right timing" wasn't addressed in the poll question. This term was an interpretation by Thai PBS.

• how confident they are with an election to be held in February next year - very confident it will be held after four previous failures. This has nothing to do with being the right time. It's being the only next time. The right time was back in May 2014 after the Constitutional Court invalidated the February 2014 election. PS: the military coup took place in May 2014.
• they were most confident as the country would return to normalcy - as I'm sure they were with each junta election announcement. Again nothing to do with "right timing."
• they have faith in the government’s ability to hold the election - easy to have faith in something that hasn't happened. In reality the government can't even definitively schedule an election (it's already caveated February 2019) and is allowing an unconstitutional Election Commission membership to operate the election. Again the right time was back in May 2014 when the Yingluck regime and the constitutional EC announced that date which received endorsement.

[DM07]

It is a NIDA-poll and the majority thinks, everything is fine, the way the government said!

Now here is a surprise!

[Dap]

I find these numbers highly suspect 

[chama]

Don't get too comfortable with next February....the junta is still in charge and they won't have their grip on power unbreakable by that time. 

[Felt 35]

Sure.....will fit right in with the annual fireworks from Chinese New year celebrations