Why Do Indonesian Citizens Watch Presidential Candidate Debates? Survey Results Here

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An LSI survey shows that the majority of respondents, or 40.3%, said they were interested in watching the presidential and vice-presidential debates to better understand the candidates' visions, missi

Reasons Respondents Were Interested in Watching the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debate (December 2023)

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Reasons Respondents Were Interested in Watching the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debate (December 2023)

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The latest survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) shows that 72.5% of respondents expressed interest in watching the presidential and vice-presidential candidate debate organized by the General Election Commission (KPU).

Of these respondents, the majority, or 40.3%, stated their interest stemmed from a desire to better understand the candidates' visions, missions, and proposed programs.

Furthermore, 11% of respondents indicated a wish to get to know the presidential and vice-presidential candidates better through the debate. Another 9.1% expressed interest in watching the debate to assess the candidates' qualities.

Additionally, 7.8% of respondents said they enjoy watching debates, followed by those simply curious (5.5%), those wanting to see who is more suitable to be president (4.6%), those wanting to see a clash of ideas (3.7%), those seeking to expand their knowledge (2.9%), and those wanting the public to be able to assess the candidates (1.7%).

Other reasons, such as curiosity, assessing the candidates' potential, ensuring perfect answers, observing presentation and character, and evaluating the candidates' suitability, had smaller proportions, as shown in the graph.

Previously, the first presidential debate took place on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, with the theme of Governance, Law, Human Rights, Corruption Eradication, Strengthening Democracy, Improvement of Public Services, and Community Harmony.

The second debate, focusing solely on the vice-presidential candidates, will be held on Friday, December 22, 2023, with the theme of Economics (People's Economy, Digital Economy), Finance, Investment, Taxes, Trade, Management of the State Budget (APBN) and Regional Budget (APBD), Infrastructure, and Urban Development.

The LSI survey was conducted from December 3-5, 2023, a few days before the first presidential and vice-presidential debate on December 12, 2023.

The survey targeted 1,426 respondents, with a distribution representing the demographic population across all regions of Indonesia. Respondents were Indonesian citizens aged 17 years and older or married and possessing a telephone, representing approximately 83% of the national population.

Selected respondents were interviewed by telephone by trained interviewers. The survey sample was drawn using the random digit dialing (RDD) method. RDD is a technique for selecting samples through the random generation of telephone numbers.

The survey sample was selected through a process of random telephone number generation, validation, and screening. The margin of error of the survey is estimated to be around 2.6% at a 95% confidence level.

Editor : Erlina Fury Santika

"Disclosure: This is an AI-generated translation of the original article. We strive for accuracy, but please note that automated translations may contain errors or slight inconsistencies."

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