PLOPLE’S POLITICAL TRUST IN LOCAL POLITICIANS AT CHIANG KHAN DISTRICT, LOEI PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this research paper were: 1. To study the level of people’s political trust; 2. To compare people’s opinions on the political trust 3. Mixed research methods were used to propose solutions to problems, obstacles, and people’s political trust. The quantitative research data were collected from 398 samples and analysed by frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation statistics. In the qualitative research, data were collected by in-depth interviews with 10 key informants and interpreted according to the research objectives using content descriptive interpretation.

The research showed that: 1. people’s political trust in politicians was high, 2. Comparison results showed that people of different ages, education levels, and incomes had political trust in the politicians at various levels, accepting the set hypothesis. People of different genders and occupations did not have different political trust in the politicians, rejecting the set theory. 3. Guidelines for building political trust could be summarised as follows: On the personal side, there should be a vision for policy development, the policy should be clearly defined to match the problems, the communication should be prompt, and there should be a way to communicate quickly. In terms of work processes, monitoring and evaluation should be provided.