LSI Denny JA Survey: Facebook And Whatsapp Users Become The Decisive Winners Of The 2024 Presidential Election

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JAKARTA - The national survey institute LSI Denny JA, released the results of a survey related to the 2024 presidential election (Pilpres) in the digital era. As a result, users of Facebook and Whatsapp social media accounts will determine the winner of the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

LSI Denny JA said, for the first time in the presidential election in Indonesia, the digital world community, especially those with Facebook and Whatsapp accounts, became a big pocket of voters above 50 percent. The owners of these two social media accounts will also determine the winner of the 2024 presidential election.

Director of CPA-LSI Denny JA Ade Mulyana explained, ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the number of digital communities has increased when compared to the period before the 2019 presidential election. In 2017, Facebook users were only 29.1 percent, while those who used WhatsApp were 47.0 percent. "Meanwhile, ahead of the 2024 presidential election (June 2022 survey), 51.8 percent of those who use FB are, and 60.0 percent of those who use WA," said Ade in his presentation at the LSI Office, Rawamangun, Jakarta Timu, Wednesday, July 6. .

Meanwhile, other social media users such as Instagram and YouTube also experienced an increase. Ade said, Instagram users increased from 13.7 percent in 2017, to 22.6 percent in 2022.

Meanwhile, YouTube users from 19.7 percent in 2017 to 45.0 percent in 2022. However, Instagram and YouTube users are still below 50 percent of users in Indonesia in 2022.

"Voting in the digital community is important. Because Facebook and Whatsapp users can be decisive for victory in the 2024 presidential election," said Ade.

The LSI Denny JA national survey was conducted on 24 May-7 June 2022 involving 1,200 respondents in 34 provinces in Indonesia. Through face-to-face interviews. The margin of error (Moe) for this survey is +/- 2.9 percent.