Hong Kong elections: experts over populists? Why some candidates in Legislative Council race are not on social media
- With only 20 directly elected seats in next Legco, candidates target specific groups of voters, while others who joined late say they simply have no time to form online strategies
- Despite shake-up of Legco power structure, lawmakers must know pulse of Hongkongers, analysts say
One in six hopefuls have either no social media platforms or left their accounts inactive, a check by the Post found.
Eight candidates have provided neither contact numbers nor email addresses on their platforms or through the electoral office for the public to reach them.
The candidates most active on social media are mainly incumbents and those from prominent pro-Beijing parties, with some posting updates up to five times a day.
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With 40 seats going to the new Election Committee constituency packed with Beijing loyalists, and 30 to the mainly trade-based functional constituencies, many candidates preferred to appeal directly via email and face-to-face meetings with the select groups of voters who will decide.