After the First Presidential Debate, Many People Became More Confident in Their Candidate

The first round of the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres 2024) debate was held on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. The debate, specifically for the presidential candidates, covered the themes of Governance, Law, Human Rights, Corruption Eradication, Strengthening Democracy, Improvement of Public Services, and Community Harmony.

So, how did the public view the presidential and vice-presidential candidates after the first debate?

According to a survey by the Katadata Insight Center (KIC), the majority, or 56.8% of respondents, felt more confident in their chosen candidates after watching the debate.

Furthermore, 16.6% of respondents who were previously undecided or intended to abstain changed their minds and now have a preferred candidate.

Another 10.5% of respondents became doubtful about their initial choice and are considering switching to a different pair of candidates.

Meanwhile, 6.6% of respondents became more certain about abstaining from voting after watching the first Pilpres 2024 debate.

Only 3.7% of respondents decided to change their choice, and 5.8% did not know or did not answer.

The KIC survey involved 1,791 respondents with mobile phone numbers, proportionally distributed throughout Indonesia.

57.3% of respondents were male and 42.7% were female.

The majority of respondents were millennials aged 27-42 years (46.9%), followed by Gen Z aged 17-26 years (35.7%), and Gen X aged 43-58 years (14.3%).

The proportion of respondents from the Boomer generation (over 58 years old) was the smallest (3.1%).

Data collection was conducted online from December 13-15, 2023, using tSurvey data collection with a non-probability sampling method.

The margin of error for this survey is +/-2.3% at a 95% confidence level.

(See also: What are the Reasons People Watched the Presidential Candidate Debate? Here's the Survey Result)