© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Indonesia’s Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto speaks throughout a joint information convention with U.S. Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin (not pictured), following their assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/Pool/File Ph
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto retains an early lead forward of the 2024 presidential election, with an opinion ballot on Sunday displaying assist for the ex-special forces commander is especially robust amongst younger voters.
The Indikator ballot, which focussed on canvassing the views of younger voters, confirmed Prabowo with a slim to sizeable lead based mostly on numerous eventualities.
Carried out between June 20 and 24, the ballot surveyed 1,220 folks internationally’s third-largest democracy, with greater than 60% of respondents aged under 42. Round 107 million, or greater than half of voters registered for the February 2024 ballot, are below 40, in accordance with electoral knowledge.
In a match-up among the many prime three presidential contenders, the ballot confirmed Prabowo with 36.8%, narrowly forward of Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo with 35.7% and former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan with 21.5%. The ballot had a margin of error of two.9 proportion factors.
In a two-way race Prabowo had a transparent lead over Ganjar, 49.5% to 40.9%.
That is the third ballot since Might that has proven the fiery former basic rising as an early and surprising frontrunner, with the newest survey displaying he has robust assist amongst Gen Z, Millennials and Child Boomers.
Prabowo, a controversial former basic accused of human rights abuses that he has all the time denied, misplaced in consecutive bids to turn out to be president in 2014 and 2019.
Gaining legitimacy as defence minister and embarking on a rebranding marketing campaign that has included reaching out to younger folks by a complicated social media presence, Prabowo is now gaining momentum.
The tacit assist of President Joko Widodo, who instructions an approval ranking above 80%, has additionally helped enhance his recognition, analysts say.
Jokowi, because the president is thought, was elected in 2014 and is serving his second and last time period.
The president, who’s a member of the Democratic Get together of Battle, which has formally nominated Ganjar as its candidate, has appeared not too long ago typically alongside Prabowo in public occasions.
