Policies of individual candidates are key to who will be the winner in the May 22 election of the Bangkok governor, a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll, reveals.
The poll was conducted on April 4-8 in telephone interviews with 1,325 eligible voters aged 18 and over of various levels of education, incomes and occupations in Bangkok to compile their opinions on what they thought were essential factors for candidates to win in the election.
Asked whether they thought the national-level politics would have any effect on voters’ decisions, the replies varied:
– 31.25% said “yes”, very much;
– 30.41% said “no”, not at all;
– 24.38% said it would have some effect; and
– 13.96% said it would have little effect.
Asked what they thought would be a decisive factor for a candidate to clinch victory in the election, the replies were:
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