Indicator Survey: Increasingly Strengthening, Erick Thohir Figur Potential Candidates

Minister of SOEs, Erick Thohir. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of SOEs)

JAKARTA - The name of the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir is referred to as one of the potential figures for vice presidential or vice presidential candidates in 2024. This is based on the results of a survey by the Indonesian Political Indicators entitled "Protecution for the Electability of the Bakal Capres and the Map of the Post-Declaration Party's Electoral Power" in Jakarta, Thursday, December 1.

Executive Director of Indicators Burhannudin Muhtadi said Erick is one of the figures who has experienced increased support since August 2022. Meanwhile, other names tend to decline.

In the survey, he said, Erick's trend increased from 8.5 percent in research in June 2022. Burhanuddin conveyed that 9.6 percent of respondents in the 18-name simulation chose the former Inter Milan President as vice presidential candidate. Erick, who is one of the ministers with the best performance and is President Jokowi's favorite, also has a solid mass base with a variety of backgrounds.

"If we look at Erick Thohir's base, most city voters, young people, Nahdlatul Ulama, and non-Muslims," said Burhanuddin.

Burhanuddin said the majority of Erick's voters or 19.2 percent wanted Erick to partner with the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo. Meanwhile, another 7.3 percent wanted the Minister of Defense, Prabowo Subianto, and a small part or 3.9 percent paired Erick with former DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan.

"Erick has a match with Ganjar and almost has the same voter base. So it's normal for both of them to have good electability during survey simulations. The base is Ganjar similar to Erick. It's natural that someone wants Erick to be Ganjar's companion," said Burhanuddin.

The survey involving 1,220 respondents from 34 provinces was conducted from October 30 to November 5, 2022. The respondents were selected based on the results of sampling using the multistage random sampling method and interviewed face-to-face.

This survey has an error tolerance rate or a margin of error of around 2.9 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent.