Expert: Jokowi - Prabowo Pair Will Constitute Great Power
15 February 2018 21:16 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Pollster Indo Barometer conducted a survey on the 2019 presidential election scenario. The survey that involved about 1,200 respondents shows that President Joko Widodo or Jokowi and Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party chairman Prabowo Subianto's remain favorite candidates.
Indo Barometer executive director Muhammad Qodari said there is a possibility of Jokowi pairing with Prabowo in the upcoming presidential election.
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In the survey, Jokowi’s electability stands at 48.8 percent, while Prabowo’s was at 28.9 percent. Both names have a high percentage in all sectors.
In the scenario of Jokowi-Prabowo, the pair gain 48 percent of the votes, with Budi Gunawan and Anies Baswedan as their rivals. The support for the Budi-Anis pair only accounts for 3.9 percent of the total votes given by the respondents.
With Anies and Gatot Nurmantyo as their rivals, the Jokowi-Prabowo pair gains 49.7 percent of the votes, while the Anies-Gatot pair is only supported by 4.2 percent of the respondents.
The Jokowi-Prabowo pair gets 50.5 percent of the votes against Jusuf Kalla and Anies, who are expected to get 3.2 percent of the total votes.
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Based on the results, Qodari suggested that Jokowi and Prabowo would constitute great power should they run together in the upcoming election.
The survey was conducted across the provinces on January 23-30. The survey involves 1,200 respondes with a margin of error of 2.83 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent.
CHITRA PARAMAESTI