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Most Thais doubt coalition’s stability: Opinion survey

Most Thais doubt coalition’s stability: Opinion survey

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Most Thais have doubts about the coalition government's stability, according to a Super Poll survey conducted by Mahidol University.

Most Thais have doubts about the coalition government’s stability, according to an opinion survey.

The survey was carried out among 1,148 respondents by Super Poll, pollsters from Mahidol University’s Faculty of Public Health, from 24 to 26 April. The results were announced on Sunday.

Asked how confident they were in the coalition’s stability over the next three months, respondents replied:


51.7%: Little or no confidence
27.8%: High confidence
20.5%: Somewhat confident
Asked whether they were interested in the issue of the coalition’s stability, respondents said:


71.7%: Very interested
15.4%: Quite interested
12.9%: Little or not interested


Super Poll also asked respondents whether they were interested in issues concerning the cost of living, electricity, and tap water bills, to compare these percentages with interest in political stability.When asked about their interest in issues of living costs, electricity, and water bills, respondents replied:


85.2%: Very interested
10.4%: Quite interested
4.4%: Little or not interested


Asked to list the political issues of greatest concern (more than one answer allowed), the top five responses were:


29.1%: Political party dissolution
25.7%: Legal cases against leading politicians
23.9%: House dissolution
21.5%: Rifts among coalition partners
20.7%: Resignations of key Cabinet members

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