webfact Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Nida Poll says people support fully-appointed SenateBANGKOK: -- More than half of the respondents to the Nida Poll support the proposal for fully-appointed Senate and members of the National Council for Peace and Order to be named senators during the five-year transitional period.Nida Poll of the National Institute Development Administration surveyed the opinions of 1,250 people of different walks of life during March 14-15 on the junta’s proposal of appointed Senate, senatorial status for junta members and some members of the National Reform Steering Assembly.The poll shows 52.08 percent support fully-appointed Senate against 40.64 percent who disagree claiming senators should be elected. 51.36 percent support some NRSA members to be appointed senators against 44.64 percent who disagree.53.76 percent support some members of the National Legislative Assembly to sit in the Senate against 36.72 percent who disagree.Nida Poll also conducted opinion survey of 801 samples on the proposal for the five military top brass and the national police chief to be made ex-officio senators. The poll shows 49.31 percent support the proposal against 42.07 percent who disagree. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/155939 -- Thai PBS 2016-03-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snig27 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 The same polling entity that is owned by a strong coup supporter and gave the incumbent approval ratings of 99.3% I'd mark them down as credible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 52% is not exactly AB overwhelming majority. Surprised they didn't inflate the positive numbers.... Or maybe they already did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I know Nida from Koh Samui.Chaweng Beach, they have two Branches.But they are not an opinion research institute.Post only to exclude any likelihood of confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naboo Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Just read the "notable alumni" on the Wikipedia page of NIDA. Its a "who's who" of Thailand's exceptional former and current leaders. I can only imagine the standard of education delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChidlomDweller Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 (edited) Would love to see the questionnaires chockful of leading questions and preambles, and basic stats of the distribution of the sample. Do they use a member list of the PDRC to draw their sample? Edited March 20, 2016 by ChidlomDweller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Whatever happened to Thai Researchers For Community Happiness, pollsters that could really be trusted to deliver. Depending on your point of view of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Gravy Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 My dog barked this morning and said the same. So it must be true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Even at 50% it seems like BS but I imagine not many people are thinking about the senate, or care at all about who sits on there. It is going to be a very long time before anyone from outside of the power block has any access to power. So the senate might as well be a rubber stamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 not even worth commenting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 "NIDA Poll, the Pollsters You Can Trust!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayk Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I got as far as reading the name of the pollster and then went straight to the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 The juntas may be comtemplating using the Nida for the referendum than Thailand is really screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 More pro government nonsense. Its like water, it just keeps flowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I guess, I know, how a "work meeting" at NIDA looks like and I assume, it involves a serious amount of alcohol, drugs and hookers! Otherwise, I have no idea, how they come up with this BS and expect anyone to believe it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Has Joseph Goebbels ever written a handbook? In Thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Apparently NIDA got some feedback from the government with its December 2015 poll and came up with this new poll. Results of the NIDA December 2015 poll: 72.16% want senators to represent all groups of stakeholders and only 9% to represent all professional groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZurf Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 52% is not exactly AB overwhelming majority. Surprised they didn't inflate the positive numbers.... Or maybe they already did! That would be my guess. At this point in time only djjamie and a dozen others in the whole of Thailand actually believe these "poll" numbers - certainly not the guys orchestrating these junta propaganda events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 not even worth commentingBut you did anyway;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 not even worth commentingNow I know what you mean, but what is remarkable is the slapstick way they are rig- begpardon, 'reforming' the electoral system and hoping nobody notices. They must really take people for simpletons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdoglover Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Nida Poll of the National Institute Development Administration surveyed the opinions of 1,250 people of different walks of life during March 14-15 ... There is no pretense of a statistically representative sample. I continue to chuckle at the numbers carried out to the hundredth percentage. I am 99.99% certain the pollsters at NIDA don't know why this is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 the ever-reliable NIDA poll.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candide Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 The NIDA acts as a think tank for the dems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrenn Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Has there ever been a Nida poll result that goes against the Dear Leader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 OMG! Someone forgot to fudge the numbers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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