Popular political expectations expressed during the People's Party (Khana Ratsadon) new social movement from 2020 to 2021

Abstract

This research article studied 1) popular political expectations expressed during the People's Party (Khana Ratsadon) new social movement from 2020 to 2021; 2) classification of expectations of participants and other stakeholders in the People's Party social movement from 2020 to 2021. Quantitative research was done with 400 samples drawn from the general public of internet users of any age, gender, professional occupation, and political expression who supported the Khana Ratsadon movement, in which a daily “mob” hashtag sometimes announced locations and days where crowds were invited to gather protests. Data was collected by online questionnaire. Results were that  1) highest expectations were equally distributed for the Prime Minister’s resignation, educational reform and gender equality, followed by a constitutional amendment, and monarchic reform, in decreasing order of significance. The movement was instrumental in organizing activities, and rally speeches showed average gender awareness, and high expectations and overall satisfaction were experienced in terms of the People's Party Social movement. 2) When categorizing samples according to expectations by test statistics, gender, online and offline political participation, and parenting experience differed, with significantly different correlations to expectations for the People's Party social movement.