Voxpopuli Projects Prabowo Subianto Winning the 2024 Presidential Election in Today's Memory, July 3, 2023

Prabowo Subianto who served as Minister of Defense in 2019-2024. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Today's memory, three years ago, July 3, 2023, the survey agency, Voxpopuli projected the Chairman of the Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto, to win the 2024 presidential election. The victory was revealed because Prabowo's electability was the highest compared to other candidates.

Previously, Prabowo was known to have participated in the presidential election many times and failed. Luck then came when Prabowo joined the government of Joko Widodo (Jokowi). This narrative made Prabowo's electability increase sharply.

There are no eternal friends and enemies in the political world. The narrative has become famous everywhere. The examples are also abundant. Take the example between national figures Jokowi and Prabowo. Both were once known as sworn enemies.

The two had fought in the 2014 presidential election. Each candidate tried to bring political promises that could improve the people's living standards. However, political contests only provide two spaces: winning and losing.

Jokowi emerged as the winner and became President of Indonesia. Prabowo was the losing party and chose to be the opposition. Prabowo who chose the opposition was then able to play his role well.

He became a noisy opposition. All kinds of policies that are not pro-people from the government are immediately criticized. This narrative makes Prabowo get support from the people. As a result, Prabowo is confident to participate in the 2019 presidential election and meet Jokowi again.

The problem is that luck did not come to Prabowo. Jokowi was again the winner. However, Jokowi offered an option to Prabowo who had long been in opposition to enter the government. This opportunity was not wasted by Prabowo.

Prabowo, who was once an opponent, is now friends with Jokowi. Prabowo became the Minister of Defense. The special thing is that the decision did not fully invite controversy. Prabowo benefited. He entered the ranks of ministers who performed well.

"Prabowo Subianto is a minister with good performance of 16.8 percent, Erick Thohir 14.3 percent, Mahfud Md 9.6 percent," said a written statement from the Charta Politika survey as quoted by lamandetik.com, March 29, 2020.

The benefits of collaborating in the Jokowi government were then enjoyed by Prabowo. He is widely touted as the winner in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. Prabowo's popularity is considered to beat Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo.

A number of survey institutions have begun to reveal the same thing. Take the example of Voxpopuli on July 3, 2023. The survey institution projects that Prabowo will win the 2024 presidential election for one or two rounds.

The narrative is because Voxpopuli in its survey revealed that Prabowo's electability reached 39.0 percent while Ganjar Pranowo reached 36.0 percent and Anies Baswedan only 18.8 percent. As a result, Prabowo is predicted to win the 2024 presidential election.

"In a head-to-head scenario, Prabowo has the opportunity to defeat Ganjar," said Voxpopuli Research Center Communication Director, Achmad Subadja, as quoted by the ANTARA website, July 3, 2023.