The Most Known Presidential Candidate By Poltraking Survey Version: Prabowo Subianto - Anies Baswedan - Sandiaga Uno

Prabowo Subianto (Photo via Ministry of Defense)

JAKARTA - Poltraking Indonesia released the latest survey. The general chairman of the Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto, is called the best-known presidential candidate by the public, at 81.2 percent.

"This can be seen from the level of popularity and acceptance of the presidential and vice presidential candidates," said Indonesian Poltraking Executive Director Hanta Yuda when presenting the results of the national survey "Projection of Strong Candidates for the 2024 Presidential Election" in Jakarta, Thursday 9 June. Baswedan 70.3 percent, the third position is Sandiaga Uno 69.8 percent. Then, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo 66 percent, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama 60.7 percent, Puan Maharani 59.8 percent, Ridwan Kamil 56.7 percent, Erick Thohir 55.2 percent and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) at 54.5 percent.

Likewise, from the level of public liking, Prabowo Subianto has the highest level of public liking, which is 61.3 percent. In the second position, the level of public liking, namely Sandiaga Uno 54.5 percent, third position Ganjar Pranowo 54.2 percent, fourth Anies Baswedan 49, 4 percent. The fifth and so on, namely Erick Thohir 44.3 percent, Ridwan Kamil 43.2 percent, Basuki T. Purnama 42.8 percent, Puan Maharani 41.3 percent, and AHY 40.1 percent.

According to him, the character of a leader is very important for the presidential and vice presidential candidates, such as caring and paying attention to the public, having an honest and corruption-free character, and having experience. "In addition, the public also wants the presidential and vice-presidential candidates to be honest, trustworthy, and free from corruption by 16 percent. Meanwhile, the experienced presidential and vice presidential candidates are 12.7 percent. The survey was conducted from May 16 to May 22 with a sample of 1,220 respondents with a margin of error of around 2.9 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent. The survey method used was multistage random sampling method. with face-to-face interviews with selected respondents.