Most people can't name ruling party leader: Poll
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More than three in four people in 17 provinces surveyed in the past week could not correctly name the leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party.
As many as 78.5 per cent of poll respondents said they did not know who the Pheu Thai leader is – or they wrongly identified the person as Yingluck Shinawatra, Thaksin Shinawatra or Yongyuth Wichaidit, according to results of the survey by Assumption University’s Abac Poll released yesterday.
Yingluck holds no executive post in the party, like ex-premier Thaksin, although he
is believed to pull the strings behind the
ruling party. Yongyuth is the previous party leader.
The current Pheu Thai leader is Charupong Ruangsuwan, who also serves as the interior minister.
A total of 21.5 per cent of the respondents correctly named Charupong as the party leader.
Meanwhile, about 91 per cent of those surveyed correctly identified Abhisit Vejjajiva as leader of the opposition Democrat Party. Only 9.2 per cent wrongly named former leader Chuan Leekpai, former Bangkok governor Apirak Kosayodhin, and others.
The survey was conducted on 1,989 people in 17 provinces in all four regions between Monday and Friday.
