Why Is Gibran Considered The Best Performing In The Vice Presidential Debate? This Is The Reason

The appearance of Gibran Rakabuming Raka saa t Debat Cawapres at JCC, December 22. (Bambang Eros VOI)

JAKARTA - The results of the Indonesian Political Indicators survey stated that the candidate for vice president number 2, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, was considered to have performed the best in the vice presidential debate some time ago. The absence of the number of respondents who assessed Gibran was the most skilled was also quite high compared to his two competitors, namely Mahfud MD and Muhaimin Iskandar. Executive Director of Indonesian Political Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi explained the cause. According to Burhanuddin, so far many people have considered Gibran as the unseeded candidate. "Maybe this is because expectations against Gibran before the debate were too low. So, this is the beauty of being underdog," said Burhanuddin in a virtual survey presentation, quoted on Wednesday, December 27. Thus, when Gibran was in the spotlight in the debate for being able tocarry his opponents in the debate, President Joko Widodo's son would be immediately seen as superior by the public. "If people are positioned as underdog, it's good. Because if it's bad, people say yes, it's natural because the underdog. But if it's a little, wow it's considered good," explained Burhanuddin, in a poll of Indonesian Political Indicators, 56 percent of respondents who witnessed the vice presidential debate chose Gibran as the best performer. Followed by Mahfud MD with a gain of 24.2 percent, and Muhaimin Iskandar 12.3 percent. Meanwhile, 35.5 percent of respondents who watched the presidential debate chose Anies Baswedan as the best-performing presidential candidate. Followed by Prabowo Subianto by 28.9 percent and Ganjar Pranowo 26.9 percent.

It is known, this survey was conducted on December 23-24 involving 1,217 respondents as samples who are Indonesian citizens aged 17 years and over or married or have a telephone. Survey is conducted by interviewing respondents by telephone. Respondents were selected through the dialing and double sampling random digit method. The survey margin of error is estimated at a minimum of 2.9 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.