Ridwan Kamil Assessed As Moncer In DKI, Survey Of Indicators: Superior To Be Vice President And Cagub

Ridwan Kamil (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil is considered worthy of being a vice presidential candidate (cawapres) in the 2024 presidential election and is included as the top of the mind of the candidate for governor of DKI Jakarta. This assessment emerged from the results of the Indonesian Political Indicators survey which was held on February 24, March 3. Executive Director of Indonesian Political Indicators Burhanuddin Muhtadi said Ridwan was superior to 18 other names as vice presidential candidates based on the choice of respondents from Jakarta. He defeated the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno, whose electability reached 15.4 percent. "Ridwan Kamil is considered most worthy as a vice presidential candidate with 21.5 percent," said Burhanuddin when presenting the results of his survey, Thursday, May 11. Not only that, Ridwan also defeated the Chairman of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) whose electability reached 12.7 percent. The former mayor of Bandung became the only electability figure as a vice presidential candidate to be above 20 percent so that it was worth taking into account according to the Political Indicator. Moreover, the election of vice presidential candidates in the simultaneous elections next year is very important. Even Burhanuddin said that the role of the vice presidential candidate in the election was very crucial. Not only that, this survey states that Ridwan Kamil has the opportunity to become a candidate for governor of DKI Jakarta. In the top of mind question method, his name arises with the number of respondents who voted 7.4 percent and only lost to the former Governor of DKI Jakarta Basuki Tjahja Purnama or Ahok. When Ahok's name was removed in the survey, Ridwan was most chosen. In the simulation of eight names, for example, his electability as a candidate for governor of DKI reached 23.3 percent and beat Sandiaga Uno whose electability reached 19.5 percent and AHY with 11.3 percent. "Ridwan Kamil has the highest support," said Burhanuddin. "If Sandi is taken out, Ridwan Kamil has skyrocketed alone. The other names are a bit scattered. Ridwan Kamil is 35.7 percent," he added. Burhanuddin said support for Ridwan from respondents in Jakarta was high because he was popular. Just like Sandiaga Uno's popularity so they competed. "Almost all DKI Jakarta residents know Ridwan Kamil and Sandiaga Uno," he said. In the survey, Indonesian Political Indicators conducted sampling using the multistage random sampling method. Respondents who take part in the survey are Jakarta residents who already have voting rights.

This activity was attended by 820 respondents who had a margin of error of around 3.5 percent at a 95 percent confidence level. The method used is simple random sampling.