Superior Survey Among Gen Z, RK: I'm Gen Z's Father

Jakarta Governor Ridwan Kamil Candidate (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Jakarta Governor Ridwan Kamil's Candidate (RK) responded to the results of a survey released by Litbang Kompas on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. In the survey, Jakarta's candidate for governor number 1 was most favored by Generation Z or Gen Z than other gubernatorial candidates in the 2024 Jakarta Governor and Deputy Governor Election (Pilgub).

RK revealed that he and Suswono were preferred by Gen Z because they were better aware of the wishes of young people in Jakarta. In addition, Ridwan Kamil considers Gen Z as his own child.

"Gen Z is very loved because I have a child whose gen Z is too. So I am the father of gen Z. So I really understand what his complaints are," said RK.

RK admits that they can understand the wishes of the Z genes because they often communicate in two directions with them. He made sure he wanted to fulfill the wishes and expectations of the Z genes.

"So, we will accompany them whatever they want, and we will make gen Z an economic motorbike," he said.

Furthermore, the candidate for governor of Jakarta number 1 is indeed known to be active in using social media, no wonder he has followers of tens of millions. According to him, being active on social media is one way to get closer to young people in Jakarta.

"We communicate very often with gen Z. We are most active on Tiktok because gen Z hangs out on Tiktok. We hang out at hangout places, if we hang out at a shop, we go to a shop, we go to a mall hang out at the mall, now gen Z hangs out on Tiktok, so we increase communication to Tiktok," he said.

It is known, in the results of the Kompas Research and Development survey released on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, it shows that Ridwan Kamil-Suswono has won the biggest support from Gen Z, namely voters under the age of 28.

Based on a survey conducted on October 20-25, 2024, with 800 respondents revealed that 40.6% of gen Z chose Ridwan Kamil-Suswono.