TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A survey conducted by Polmark says that the electability of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) for the upcoming 2019 presidential election is above that of Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto at 41 percent against 15.9 percent.
Polmark Indonesia Executive Director Eep Saefullah Fatah added that 35.7 percent voters remain undecided.
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The survey was conducted on 13-25 November involving 2,600 respondents across Indonesia. The method employed was multistage random sampling with a less than 1.9 percent margin of error and confidence level of 95 percent. The question was given in a face to face interview.
On top of their mind, 41 respondents answered Jokowi as their favorite candidate, whereas 15.9 percent answered Prabowo.
Meanwhile, other candidates also came up albeit failing to garner a significant amount of support. They are the Director Executive of the Yudhoyono Institute, Agus Yudhoyono (1.2 percent); Perindo Party chairman Hary Tanoesoedibjo (1.0 percent); Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (0.9 percent) and former National Armed Forces chief Gatot Nurmantyo (0.7 percent).
When respondents were given a set of candidate pool and their profiles, Jokowi’s electability increases to 50.2 percent and Prabowo rises to 22 percent. As for undecided voters, the percentage point dropped to 9.6 percent.
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Eep said that the results show that incumbent Jokowi has the most convincing electability rating. “But the presidential race is not settled yet; we may see a surprise,” he said.
Gerindra Deputy Secretary General Andre Rosiade predicts that the electability rating of incumbent may drop ahead of the election. “In our opinion, the survey shows that Jokowi is not as strong [as imagined] and is beatable. And come 2019 we believe that we will have a new president,” he said.
AHMAD FAIZ IBNU SANI
