ezrider62 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Named "Man of the year" or you will be arrested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said: Try having a poll up here in the NE and NW. The most disliked man i've ever witnessed Thais have a disdain for. They don't count, almost certainly weren't asked, and anyway by the time the "reforms" are complete they probably won't have a vote. Edited December 30, 2016 by JAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonstarjon Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 10 hours ago, Reigntax said: I suppose they didnt allow Thaksin votes or were they just excluded ? Thought they had excluded monkey candidates.. So Thaksin should have mopped all the votes up.. shocking news. Bring back the bleating chimp on a stage ... Has he come out of hiding with the monks yet? The monkey and the chimp would make a perfect double act Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaorop Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 9 hours ago, Sphere said: Was it very difficult to defeat Toon Bodyslam? not if you're the one running the poll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegum Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 3 hours ago, wiko said: If you count up the 3 finalist in the poll you get 100% of the votes, which mean there were only 3 carefully chosen candidates. Another example of freedom of choice and expression in Thailand I noticed exactly the same thing. 80.69 + 10.12 + 9.19 = 100.00 The same can be observed from the top 3 male politicians - the percentages add up to exactly 100.00 % What are the odds of this happening from a sample set of 5,964? I'm guessing it was a closed answer affair - i.e., respondents could only choose from the options printed on the survey. Alternatively, the results were massaged to make them ready for publication. Either way, it seems remarkable that a national leader of a diverse and conflicted society would garner 80% plus of a popularity vote. I would like to know the selection method that Dusit Poll used to choose their respondents. I initially laughed heartily at the headline for this 'survey', but now reflecting on the narrow response and double digit accuracy, I feel a little chilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 eyes right, form on me, quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesoi Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 8 minutes ago, bluegum said: I'm guessing it was a closed answer affair - i.e., respondents could only choose from the options printed on the survey. You mean the same as every poll ever conducted in the entire history of polls ever? ps The share of the vote percentages are completely unrelated to sample size..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegum Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, onthesoi said: You mean the same as every poll ever conducted in the entire history of polls ever? ps The share of the vote percentages are completely unrelated to sample size..... I see your point. But in my view, any poll worth its salt should at least give a 'none of the above' option or an open-ended 'other' line to fill in (I know, TIT). It seems that wasn't the case here and its really a farce if respondents were only given the choice of 3 individuals - head of the junta, coach of the national football team and the current hip rockstar. C'mon, Dusit Poll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesoi Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 10 minutes ago, bluegum said: I see your point. But in my view, any poll worth its salt should at least give a 'none of the above' option or an open-ended 'other' line to fill in (I know, TIT). It seems that wasn't the case here and its really a farce if respondents were only given the choice of 3 individuals The vast majority of democratic elections in the west don't include a 'non of the above' option so I don't think this is specific to Thailand or TIT! In fact the only time I recall ever seeing such an option is on a forum poll. Can you think of a recent and world famous poll about something infinitely more important where there was only a choice of 2 individuals ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 43 minutes ago, bluegum said: I noticed exactly the same thing. 80.69 + 10.12 + 9.19 = 100.00 The same can be observed from the top 3 male politicians - the percentages add up to exactly 100.00 % What are the odds of this happening from a sample set of 5,964? I'm guessing it was a closed answer affair - i.e., respondents could only choose from the options printed on the survey. Alternatively, the results were massaged to make them ready for publication. Either way, it seems remarkable that a national leader of a diverse and conflicted society would garner 80% plus of a popularity vote. I would like to know the selection method that Dusit Poll used to choose their respondents. I initially laughed heartily at the headline for this 'survey', but now reflecting on the narrow response and double digit accuracy, I feel a little chilled. So Ronald McDonald could have won had the other 2 nominees been Neville Nobody and John Doe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegum Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 9 minutes ago, onthesoi said: The vast majority of democratic elections in the west don't include a 'non of the above' option so I don't think this is specific to Thailand or TIT! In fact the only time I recall ever seeing such an option is on a forum poll. Can you think of a recent and world famous poll about something infinitely more important where there was only a choice of 2 individuals ? Oh no! Don't bring anything so dysfunctional as the US electoral system into this conversation! 555 Dusit Poll's 2-decimal point descriptions of Thai public opinion is excruciating enough. Actually, we need to be clear that this is just an opinion poll and can't really be compared to an election. For the record, open-ended questions are quite often used in quantitative surveys. Dusit Poll preferred not to use them in this case it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgoon Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 5555555555555 5555555555555 As if we didn't already know this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 man of the year in the eyes of those who fear him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 7 hours ago, tomacht8 said: Who was the “Man of the Year 2015” then? It was Prayuth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bung Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 He should get a few more medals and ribbons for his uniform because of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currynamnam Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 So 5.994 or so gave him a vote...out of a population of +60 million, those numbers are awesome...and, yes, I know what a poll is all about. So I wonder, did they call only the local Bangkok gentry, or did they travel to village after village in the northern provinces in search of the opinion of the less prosperous citizens....?I'm joking of course, a man of statue such as him would without a doubt be the peoples choice..Happy new year !Sent from my SM-G930F using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 And those who didnt vote for blunderboy are currently the subject of some attitude adjustment. With Thailand being the hub of the universe as we know it, of course the master would succeed. All we need now is an aparartus to perch himself on where he can be constantly rotated and look upon the wasteland of his, and his cohorts creation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, currynamnam said: So 5.994 or so gave him a vote...out of a population of +60 million, those numbers are awesome...and, yes, I know what a poll is all about. So I wonder, did they call only the local Bangkok gentry, or did they travel to village after village in the northern provinces in search of the opinion of the less prosperous citizens....? I'm joking of course, a man of statue such as him would without a doubt be the peoples choice.. Happy new year ! Sent from my SM-G930F using Thaivisa Connect mobile app 5,994, I guess it was just a wild coincidence that that is also the exact number of Thai Army Generals Edited December 31, 2016 by pegman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMagician Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 1984 gets ever closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritas48 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 This is almost as funny as the suicide message of the scuba diver!!!Ten out of ten for comedic content....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieinthailand Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Again just no fun any more, the junta fan club not here crying out that thier man is the best and most popular in the country, agian. I wonder if this the same poll used by the junta to sugesst that most of the people support the new CC act and single gate way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Referring to Thailand or the government as a dictatorship, military dictatorship or other such terms will be removed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 More popular than royalty. Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckBee Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) ff5 :-/ Edited December 31, 2016 by BuckBee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 A bit sexist this award, what about woman of the year? Who is Thailand's woman of the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Lord Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, Wilsonandson said: A bit sexist this award, what about woman of the year? Who is Thailand's woman of the year? Nong Nat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangrak Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 And I just read on 'the other paper''s site an orchestra director in Rome was fired for telling his audience 'Santaclaus does not exist'... Any hope to see the guys behind this Dusit 'poll' be fired to...? I guess not, different country, LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangrak Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 41 minutes ago, Wilsonandson said: A bit sexist this award, what about woman of the year? Who is Thailand's woman of the year? 'Wilsonandson', indeed, 'personality of the year' would for sure have been better, ...but would the man chosen in Dusit's 'poll' have then been qualified? And, anyway, the odds for a lady to get it would IMO be 1/1,000 in this not just sexist, but plain machist country (while it's the female part of the population taking care of most things, hard work included...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Krub Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Nine inch nickie was the second vote.Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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