Populism in Southern Border Provinces: Case Study of Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani, and Songkhla

Abstract

The objective of this study was to explore the opinions of voters in four southern border provinces towards populism on issues of populist policies, policies implementation, and future effects on the nation. Data of this survey research were obtained by a set of questionnaire through 400 voters resided at Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani, and Songkhla Provinces. The study revealed that the voters truly agreed with the future effects of populism on the nation. The opinions towards populist policies and policies implementation were at an uncertain level. The voters varied by careers had different opinions on populist policies and policies implementation statically significant. The voters with different levels of education had different opinions on the future effects of populism on the nation statically significant. Researchers had to use this study model to do further studies on different groups of population in other regions of Thailand such as voters in the North, Central, East, and West by making the comparison with the results of this study.