Survey: Yingluck popular in Bangkok

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Survey: Yingluck popular in Bangkok
Published: 24/05/2011 at 11:56 AM

The Pheu Thai Party and their candidate for prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, are the favourites in Bangkok right now, according to the latest poll - but half the city's residents have yet to decide one way or another.

Bangkok Poll surveyed 1,178 respondents in the capital from May 20 to 22.

Pheu Thai Party's candidate for the prime ministership Yingluck Shinawatra

Pheu Thai scored the best in the party-list popularity stakes with 25.8 per cent approval, followed by the Democrat Party with 14.7 per cent and Rak Prathet Thai of former massage parlour tycoon Chuwit Kamolvisit trailing at 2.0 per cent.

But just over half of the respondents (52 per cent) said they had yet to make up their mind.

Pheu Thai also had the biggest outright support for candidates running for election in the single-seat constituencies, with 26.3 per cent, followed by the Democrats (15.2 per cent) and Rak Prathet Thai (1.7 per cent). But again, 51.9 per cent were undecided.

Asked who they would like to see as the next prime minister, 26.9 per cent of them said deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's youngest sister Yingluck Shinawatra. 17.4 per cent said Democrat leader and caretaker prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva should return as premier, while 3.6 per cent chose Mr Chuwit.

Again, 49.2 per cent were still unsure.

Asked what is the first thing they look for in deciding whether to vote for a candidate, 31.7 per cent said a candidate's was their past achievements, followed by campaign policies (31.2 per cent) and then the party they work for (16.6 per cent).

The pollsters said 66.1 per cent were not convinced that the Election Commission could effectively oversee the July 3 general election and ensure its transparency, but 33.9 per cent had confidence in the EC.

And 92.3 per cent of the polled Bangkokians said they planned to vote, while 3.1 per cent said they would not bother exercise their voting rights and 4.6 per cent said they had yet to decide.
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