The decision to choose members of the House of Representatives of people in Bangkok

Abstract

This research employs mix methods to examine (1) decisions of people in Bangkok to elect members of the House of Representatives (2) relations between personal factors, political news exposure, political attitude and the decision to choose a member of the House of Representatives. The sample group were those who exercised right to vote. By using a specific sampling method, questionnaires and interview form were used as tools to collect data. Data were analyzed by employing percentage, mean, standard deviation, One-way ANOVA and regression analysis.Findings are as follows: most of the respondents were received information about elections from TV channels (88.6%) social media (84.5%) prefer to receive information about elections from channels social media (41.7%). The political attitude at a high level (Mean = 4.26), political news awareness at a moderate level (Mean = 3.43). Decide to select members of the House of Representatives based on the candidate's qualifications (Mean = 4.21), political party policies (Mean = 4.04), political parties (Mean = 3.97), rewards and benefits (Mean = 3.19), respectively and satisfaction after knowing the results of the election at a low level (Mean = 2.04).The hypothesis testing results are as follow: different personal factors (age, the highest education level, occupation, and monthly income) cause different effect on the decision to choose a member of the House of Representatives, different channels for receiving news cause no effect on the decision to select the members of the House of Representatives, receiving political news and political attitude did not affect the decision to choose a member of the House of Representatives.