SMRC Survey: Compared To Other Political Parties, More Supporters Of PKS, Gerindra, And Democrats Believe PKI Is Rising Again

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JAKARTA - The survey institute Saiful Mujani Research Center (SMRC) released a poll on public attitudes towards the issue of the rise of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in terms of the support base of political parties.

SMRC Program Manager, Saidiman Ahmad, explained that supporters of all political parties mostly disagreed with the assumption that the PKI had revived.

However, if examined, the people who agree with the issue of the rise of the PKI mostly come from PKS supporters with a proportion of 34 percent of their supporters. Second, Gerindra with a proportion of 27 percent. Third, Democrat supporters with a proportion of 26 percent of their supporters.

"From the party side, we can see that the voters of PKS, Gerindra, and Democrats tend to agree more with the view that there is now a PKI revival", Saidiman said in a virtual survey presentation, Friday, October 1.

Meanwhile, the people who agree with the issue of the rise of the PKI are at least PDIP supporters with a proportion of 6 percent of their supporters. Second, PPP with a proportion of 9 percent. Third, supporters of Golkar and PAN with each proportion of 12 percent of their supporters.

When viewed from the base of supporters of the presidential candidate in the 2019 election, the people who support Prabowo-Sandi believe that the PKI will rise again than supporters of Jokowi-Ma'ruf.

As a result, as many as 27 percent of Prabowo-Sandi supporters agree on the issue of the rise of the PKI. Then, 9 percent of Jokowi-Ma'ruf supporters who agreed with the PKI rose again.

"There are more Prabowo-Sandi voters who believe that there is currently a PKI revival, compared to Jokowi's voters", said Mr. Saidiman.

"Those who don't agree, both actually the majority disagree, both from the Prabowo-Sandi and Jokowi-Ma'ruf voters. However, there is a tendency for Jokowi's electorate to tend to be 85 percent of those who don't agree, while the Prabowo-Sandi voter period is 72. percent", he continued.

It is known that this survey was conducted from September 15, 2021, on respondents who were Indonesian citizens who were 17 years old or older or were already married when the survey was conducted.

The survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 1,220 randomly selected respondents. The margin of error for this survey is estimated at 3.19 percent and the survey confidence level is 95 percent.