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Dec 18, 2023
The Strength of Party Brands at the 2023 General Election
by Mathis Lohatepanont and Chitchaya Chimtanoo Photo Credit: Per Meistrup, Wikipedia Creative Commons, Link Thailand’s election season is...
May 17, 2023
The Cost of Not Coordinating: Could the Opposition have won 376 seats?
By Joel Sawat Selway Figure 1. The parties in the proposed "Opposition" coalition Source: ThaiPBS World Much of the talk in the...
May 15, 2023
Lanna has fallen! The Decline in Support for Pheu Thai in Thaksin’s Home Region
By Joel Sawat Selway Figure 1. Map of Results in Upper North (Lanna) Source: Author’s own creation based on unofficial ECT results Since...
May 13, 2023
Whose Poll Should I Believe? Assessing 2023 Thai Pollsters on Methodology: Accuracy and Bias, Part 2
by Joel Sawat Selway Figure 1. The Nation's Predictions for Seats in the 2023 Thai General Elections Source: https://www.nationthailand.c...
May 12, 2023
What’s in a Number? The Implications of Thailand’s Ballot Design
by Allen Hicken Figure 1. Thailand's Ballot Design for the Upcoming Elections on March 14th Source: Khaosod “What number will you...
May 12, 2023
“Shy Prayut” Voters or "Scared Prayut" Voters? Election Polls: Accuracy and Bias, Part 1
by Joel Sawat Selway Figure 1. Average of Thai polling in lead-up to Thai 2023 General Election Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki...
May 12, 2023
2023 Thai Election Special
by Joel Sawat Selway and Allen Hicken Picture. Thai voters casting ballots at a local temple (wat), 2019 general election Credit: Jason...
Jun 30, 2021
Populism in Thailand and Southeast Asia, 1 of 2
by Kirk Hawkins and Joel Sawat Selway Source: World Economic Forum. Creative Commons License. As part of the Global Populism Dataset,...
Dec 8, 2020
What’s in a Thai Cabinet?
by Ken Lohatepanont* Picture: Thai cabinet, July 16th 2019 Source: Prachatai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recently reshuffled his...
Aug 29, 2020
Twitter Analysis of the Thai Free Youth Protests
by Aim Sinpeng Source: Twitter @Citizen2600 “Let’s run, Hamtaro, the most delicious food is the people’s taxes” shouted Thai protesters...
Mar 4, 2020
Who Prefers Future Forward?
By Joel Sawat Selway
Mar 4, 2020
FFP: The Social Media Minimalists
By Aim Sinpeng
Nov 26, 2019
Thai National Pride in a Comparative Perspective
By Jacob Ricks
Aug 21, 2019
Jul 10, 2019
Thai Election and the Challenges to Thai Development
By Rick Doner
Jun 18, 2019
May 28, 2019
Post 2/3. The Thai Raksa Chart Penalty: How the Decision to Split Pheu Thai Affected Final VoteShare
By Joel Selway and Allen Hicken
May 7, 2019
Post 1/3. Estimating the True Decline in Support for Pheu Thai: The Effect of Electoral Reform
By Joel Selway and Allen Hicken
Apr 22, 2019
Battlefield Transformed: Deciphering Thailand’s Divisive 2019 Poll in Bangkok
By Napisa Waitoolkiat and Paul Chambers
Apr 14, 2019
The Death of the Democrat Party?
By Joel Selway and Allen Hicken
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