[District Council Election] Nearly 90% of the pan-popular view area was elected as a referendum, 40% of the voters support Lin Zheng to step down

Politics

Written by: Zheng Baosheng

2019-11-29 19:26

The results of the district council elections were settled. Democrats won more than 300 seats. After the election, all parties accused of unfair elections. The Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion Research collected citizens' opinions through an online questionnaire survey through "District Selection and Finding Ways". The survey was conducted from November 26th to 28th. A total of 13,972 people were interviewed, of which 12,933 clearly stated their voting choices. The original sample numbers for "non-democratic" supporters were 12,647 and 286, respectively.

The results showed that more than 20% (23%) and more than 40% (43%) of the democratic and non-democratic groups were interviewed as unfair, and 87% of them considered the election as a disguised referendum in the anti-revision campaign. Nearly 50% of non-democratic voters also think that district elections are a referendum in disguise.

Many voters, both formed and non-form, think that this District Council election is a referendum in disguise. (Profile picture)

More than seven adults satisfied with election arrangements

The survey asked whether they were satisfied with the election arrangement. 71.6% of "democracy" supporters and 75.2% of "non-democracy" supporters were satisfied with the arrangement. 91.4% of democratic supporters are satisfied with the election results, 25.3% of "non-democracy" are satisfied with the results, and 56.9% of supporters are not satisfied with the results.

43% of establishment supporters say it's unfair

As for the fairness of the elections, 56.3% of "democracy" supporters believe that the elections are fair, 23.2% believe that the elections are not fair, while 32.8% of democracy supporters believe that the elections are clean, and 36.3% believe that the elections are not clean. In contrast, 36.4% and 47.2% considered the election fair and clean, respectively, and 43.2% and 30.7% considered the election unfair and clean, respectively.

The survey also asked whether the current District Council election was a "disguised referendum on the resistance movement." 87.8% of the democrats considered the election as a disguised referendum against anti-revision movements, and 49.2% of non-democratic voters also considered the district election as a disguise. Referendum.

Zhong Jianhua said that voters voted for the referendum in disguise, reflecting that social events and political atmosphere must affect the election results. (Photo by Wu Yan'an)

The survey also asked voters' opinions on the five major appeals one by one. Among them, 88.3% of the supporters of the democratic faction support Lin Zheng's resignation, but 42.1% of the supporters of the establishment faction support Lin Zheng's resignation, and 28.1% of those who choose "half and a half" .

Zhong Jianhua: Reflecting the different levels of distrust of citizens in the government

Zhonghua Jian, an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said that the relevant data reflects that the citizens have both trust and distrust in the government ’s attitude. The citizens trust the government ’s electoral arrangements. However, even if the democrats win, nearly a quarter of them still think that the election is unfair, reflecting them. Different levels of distrust in government. He pointed out that voters see the election as a referendum in disguise, reflecting that social events and political atmosphere must affect the election results.

Zhong Jianhua also pointed out that non-democratic supporters have also supported Lin Zheng's resignation to a certain extent, reflecting that some constitutionalists believe that Lin Zheng needs to be responsible for the defeat of the constitutionalists.

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