Indicators Survey: Base For Voters 3 Top Presidential Candidates Mau Ridwan Kamil Becomes A Vice President Candidate

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JAKARTA - West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, became the most championed candidate for vice president (cawapres) in 2024. This was recorded in the results of the latest survey by the Indonesian Political Indicators released on Wednesday, January 4. In the simulation of 9 vice presidential names, Ridwan Kamil's name was winning 24.1 percent. Followed by Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno, in second place with 14.8 percent. In the third position is Democratic General Chair Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) with 13.6 percent. Fourth, BUMN Minister Erick Thohir with 10.3 percent. "First Ridwan Kamil, followed by Sandiaga, AHY, and Erick, which in general is not far from the margin of error," said Burhanuddin In the next position is East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa 7.6 percent, former TNI Commander Andika Perkasa 5.0 percent, DPR Speaker Puan Maharani 3.9 percent, Golkar Ketum Airlangga Hartarto 2.0 percent and PKB Ketum Muhaimin Iskandar 1.2 percent. "Then if Ridwan Kamil and Sandiaga's name is taken out then in the first 7 AHY names with 23.2 percent, Erick 19.6 percent, Khofifah 10.6 percent, Andika 7.7 percent, Puan 6.3 percent, Airlangga 3.5 percent, Muhaimin 2.2 percent," explained Burhanuddin.

The Indicator Survey also summarizes the names worthy of being vice presidential according to simulations of the 3 top presidential candidates. As a result, Anies' voter base tends to choose Ridwan Kamil or AHY as vice presidential candidate. Meanwhile, Ganjar's base tends to choose Ridwan and Erick. Meanwhile, Prabowo's base chose Ridwan and Sandi. "On average, the name of the vice presidential candidate received by the three supporting bases of Anies, Ganjar and Pak Prabowo are Ridwan Kamil," said Burhanuddin. This Indicator survey was conducted on December 1-6, 2022 through face-to-face interviews with 1,220 respondents. The sampling using the multistage random sampling method with a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.