Mind the gap: Bangkok’s generational divide shaping governor election

[webfact]

 

Bangkok’s generation gap is set to play a big role when voters cast their ballots in the first governor election in nine years on May 22. 

 

“We are going to see distinct decisions across different generations of people,” said Assoc Prof Siripan Nogsuan Sawasdee, who teaches at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Political Science.

 

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A total of 4.37 million Bangkok residents are eligible to vote in the upcoming election, according to authorities. Of these, 15.5 percent or 700,000 are between 17 and 27 years old and will be voting for the first time in the gubernatorial election.

 

The group aged 28 to 40 accounts for 23 percent of the electorate while those aged 41-50 make up 19.5 percent. The 51-60 age group, meanwhile, accounts for 18.5 percent of eligible voters. Those aged 61 years old up make up the remaining 23.5 percent.

 

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[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Of these, 15.5 percent or 700,000 are between 17 and 27 years old and will be voting for the first time in the gubernatorial election.

I hope they vote wisely.

[RichardColeman]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Bangkok’s generation gap is set to play a big role when voters cast their ballots in the first governor election in nine years on May 22. 

Then the candidates should all be on TikTok dancing with fluffy cats or something

[kingstonkid]

This is the first chance for those that protested to actually make a difference.  They have 2 choices 

 

don't vote and stop complaining

OR

mobilize their forces and vote on mass.  

 

The young vote will make a definite statement to the national government this election either way.  Either fear us we are serious or ignore us because we really do not care when push comes to shove

[thaibook]

So there are five age groups each with approximately the same proportion of the eligible voters.  All this academic has done is to provide a justification for academics and pollsters to ask for five times as much money as tehy will argue each age group needs to be polled and analysed separately because it is well known (and if you pay us we will find the evidence) that people vote according to their age.

[vinci]

I'm a firm believer that let the younger generation govern themselves after all it is their future, every generation has their own style of govern, our time is up, old fart is so stubborn and greedy holding on to power, our decision is no better then their, if they think tiktok is their thing let it be, we thought smoking was kool, who are we to judge