If Ganjar, Ridwan Kamil And Sandiaga Continue To Be 'sold', Their Electability Could Skyrocket

JAKARTA - The electability of Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and West Java Ridwan Kamil has increased in the latest survey by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC), which was released on Thursday, October 7. In the open survey, Ganjar Pranowo was in second place with 15.8 percent after Prabowo Subianto's 18.1 percent. While Ridwan Kamil is in 6th place with 3.0 percent gain. Interestingly, Ganjar and Ridwan Kamil both have a low level of recognition by the public but their preferences are relatively high.

"There are 67 percent who know Ganjar but like 85 percent, Ridwan Kamil knows 66 percent, but 82 percent likes it," said SMRC Research Director, Deni Irvani, in Jakarta, Thursday, October 7. , said Deni, so for the time being the most competitive campaigns are Ridwan Kamil and Ganjar Pranowo.

"The increase in their popularity has the potential to increase electability, because they have a lower level of resistance (dislike, ed) compared to other names," said Deni.

Those names, he added, if they were socialized intensively, they might get better electability than other names.

In the last year, awareness of Ganjar increased significantly from 54 percent to 67 percent. Therefore, the electability in the semi-open increased quite rapidly from 8.2 percent to 15.8 percent. "Those who are potential are not the chairman or the core elite of the party. This is a challenge for the party elite that voters prefer figures outside the core elite of the party. , said Deni.

For information, the survey was conducted in the period 15-21 September 2021. The survey respondents included all Indonesian citizens who have the right to vote in the General Election. The total respondents were 1220 people and were selected randomly (multistage random sampling).

The margin of error for this survey is 3.19 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent. For the record, the valid response rate is 981 people or 80 percent. They were analyzed and interviewed face to face.