Occupying The SMRC Survey Bontot Order, Cak Imin: We Make It A Motivation

Anies Baswedan met Cak Imin during a visit to the PKB DPP Office, Central Jakarta, Monday, September 11, afternoon. (Nailin-VOI)

JAKARTA - The vice presidential candidate (cawapres) Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin responded to the results of the latest survey by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) which put his name and presidential candidate pair Anies Baswedan in the order of electability. "I don't need to respond, surveys are chaotic," said Cak Imin to the media crew at the Al Fathu Mosque page, Soreang, Bandung, West Java, Friday, September 15, confiscated by Antara. He said the survey would only be used as motivation to work harder in the future. "Please make the process a survey as motivation and encouragement to work in winning the hearts of the people," he continued.

In the latest SMRC survey released on Thursday, September 14, the Anies Baswedan-Cak Imin duo received 16.5 percent of public support. The Change Coalition pair ranks third regarding the 2024 presidential election.

Meanwhile, Ganjar-Ridwan Kamil has the highest percentage of support with 35.4 percent. Followed by the Prabowo-Erick pair took second place with a percentage of 31.7 percent.

"This means that when Anies paired up with Muhaimin, this data shows Anies' voice has not yet increased," said the founder of SMRC, Saiful Mujani, quoted from a press release. According to Saiful, 16.5 percent of Anies-Cak Imin's vote reflects the strength of the two parties. Both, could NasDem with PKB, or NasDem with PKS. SRMC survey was carried out on September 5, 2023 after Anies-Cak Imin's declaration on September 2, 2023. The number of respondents was 1212, which was chosen through the random digit dialing method (RDD) or random phone number generation. "This is a public reaction a few days after Anies-Cak Imin's declaration. The hope that the pair's voice will increase after the declaration has not yet occurred. If we think positively, maybe because the political engine is not hot and voters need time to queue into the Anies-Muhaimin box," said Saiful.