SMRC Survey: Support For Ganjar And Anies Continues To Strengthen, Even Prabowo Is Weakening

Governor Ganjar Pranowo

JAKARTA - The latest survey from Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC), noted that public support for the General Chairperson of Gerindra, Prabowo Subianto to become president has decreased. Meanwhile, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan experienced an increase in public support. "Prabowo received 18.1 percent support, followed by Ganjar Pranowo 15.8 percent and Anies Baswedan 11.1 percent," said SMRC Research Director, Deni Irvani, in the release of a public opinion survey entitled 'Parties and Presidential Candidates: Trends in Voters' Attitudes Towards 2024' in Jakarta, Thursday, October 7. Meanwhile, he continued, Minister Sandiaga Uno got 4.8 percent, and other names below 4 percent. "There are 16.3 percent who do not answer or do not know," he continued. Furthermore, Deni explained that from March 2020 to September 2021, support for Ganjar Pranowo in the semi-open simulation rose from 6.9 percent to 15.8 percent. Meanwhile, support for Anies Baswedan rose slightly from 10.1 percent to 11.1 percent. "Meanwhile, support for Prabowo Subianto tends to weaken from 19.5 percent to 18.1 percent," he said.

In the closed-choice simulation of 15 names, Prabowo received 20.7 percent support, followed by Ganjar Pranowo with 19 percent and Anies Baswedan with 14.3 percent. "While Sandiaga Uno got 6.5 percent, Tri Rismaharini 4.6 percent, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono 4.5 percent, Ridwan Kamil 4.4 percent, and other names below 3 percent. answer or don't know," he said. For information, the survey was conducted in the period 15-21 September 2021. The survey respondents included all Indonesian citizens who have the right to vote in the general election. The total respondents were 1220 people and were selected randomly (multistage random sampling).

The margin of error for this survey is 3.19 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent. For the record, the valid response rate is 981 people or 80 percent. They were analyzed and interviewed face to face.