LSI: Perception of Economic Conditions Affects Support for Jokowi and Prabowo

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Denny Researcher, Judge Ardian Sopa, of the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI), says that the perception of current economic conditions is affecting community support for both presidential and vice-presidential couples at the time of the election Presidential election of 2019.

The electoral community, which viewed economic conditions under moderate and favorable economic conditions, tended to choose the pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates number 01, Joko Widodo-Ma 'Amin. Considering that people who judge the current economic conditions badly choose a partner Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno.

"The badessment of this economic situation has an impact on the support of the two presidential candidates," Ardian said in describing the results of the investigation at the LSI office in East Jakarta on Tuesday (27/11). 2018).

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According to the results of a recent LSI survey, no less than 70.3% of the 1,200 respondents felt that Indonesia 's economic situation was moderate and good. At the same time, 24.7% said the economic situation in Indonesia was bad.

64.4% of people who perceive favorable and favorable economic conditions said they support Jokowi-Maruf. The remaining 20.5% chose the Prabowo-Sandiaga pair.

While 63.9% of those surveyed who thought Indonesia's economic situation was bad, chose the Prabowo-Sandiaga couple. Only 25.5% chose the Jokowi-Maruf pair.

"In the voter segment, which says the economy is bad, the pbadword is higher," Ardian said.

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According to Ardian, public perception of economic conditions is influenced by several factors.

First, through media reports related to the economic sector. The second factor is the situation experienced by the community in everyday life.

"In the end, I felt that their perceptions were what they felt in everyday life," he said.

Data from the LSI Denny JA survey were collected from November 10 to 19, 2018. The method used was a multi-stage random sampling.

There were 1,200 people interviewed and were citizens entitled to vote.

The survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with the help of a questionnaire. LSI said the margin of error of the survey was 2.9%.

In addition to investigations, Judge Lenny Denny also conducted qualitative research with group-disaggregation methods, media badysis, and independent interviews to enrich the badysis of the investigation. This survey was funded by LSI Denny JA.