Survey: Prabowo Subianto Lampaui Ganjar Pranowo

Prabowo Subianto and Ganjar Pranowo are believed to be able to win the 2024 presidential election if duet. (Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat/Laily Rachev)

The Merdeka Institute for Public Opinion Survey (MIPOS) released the results of the electability survey of presidential candidates (candidates) after the cancellation of Indonesia into the home space for the U-20 World Cup. The electability of the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo, fell after making a statement against the Israeli national team competing in the country. MIPOS researcher Yuyun Andriani said Ganjar's rejection of the Israeli national team had an influence on his electability as a top presidential candidate. In the latest presidential candidate survey, Ganjar's electability fell to 16.8 percent. Where in the previous survey, Ganjar's electability was in the range of 20 percent. "The results of the MIPOS survey show that Ganjar Pranowo's electability has fallen free compared to the results of the MIPOS survey in November 2022," Yuyun said in a survey presentation, Wednesday, April 5. "If currently the presidential election is being held, only 16.8 percent will admit to choosing Ganjar. Whereas in the previous MIPOS survey, Ganjar mash's electability was around 20 percent," he added. Yuyun revealed that the public's attitude towards the rejection of Israel by Ganjar and his PDIP colleagues who are also the Governor of Bali I Wayan Koster made 75.2 percent of respondents claim to be angry. "Only 16.2 percent of respondents claimed to understand the attitude of the two regional heads from the PDI-P, and as many as 8.6 percent of respondents could not provide answers or did not know," said Yuyun. Meanwhile, the highest electability of the presidential candidate this time was occupied by the General Chairperson of the Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto, with 33.6 percent. Followed by the presidential reading of the Coalition for Change Anies Baswedan with 21.5 percent, while Ganjar is currently in third place with 16.8 percent. In the fourth position is West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil 6.9 percent, fifth Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno 4.5 percent, sixth Ketum Democrat Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono 4.2 percent, seventh Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir 4.1 percent, eighth Chairman of the House of Representatives Puan Maharani 3.2 percent, ninth Chairman of Golkar Airlangga Hartarto 1.4 percent, tenth Chairman of PKB Muhaimin Iskandar 0.9 percent. While answering he did not know 2.9 percent. The MIPOS survey was conducted in the period March 29-3 April 2023 with a total of 1,200 respondents. The survey was conducted in combination with a telesurvey method with media monitoring analysis. The sample was taken randomly by systematic (systathic random sampling) with a margin of error survey at +/- 2.83 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent.

For information, MIPOS was founded by several academics and researchers as well as survey activists in Jakarta and its surroundings. MIPOS is a member of the Indonesian Public Opinion Survey Association (ASOPI), which is an association of 41 survey institutions and hundreds of public opinion researchers under the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPORT).