Poltracking Survey: Public Most Favors Combination of Regional Head and Businessperson as Presidential/Vice Presidential Candidates

The presidential and vice-presidential candidate pairing with the most popular background combination of regional head and businessperson received the highest public preference. This was revealed in a national survey conducted by Poltracking Indonesia titled "Strong Candidates for the 2024 Presidential Election," which took place in mid-May 2022.

According to Poltracking Indonesia's survey data, the presidential/vice-presidential pair with a regional head-businessperson background combination garnered 11.3% of respondent votes.

The presidential/vice-presidential pair with a regional head-regional head background combination achieved a 10.3% preference rate among respondents. This was followed by the regional head-minister combination, which received 10.2% of respondent votes.

The presidential/vice-presidential pair with a politician-regional head combination received the lowest preference, at only 0.08% of respondent votes. Following this, the politician-politician combination garnered 1.3% of respondent votes, and the businessperson-businessperson combination received 1.4% of respondent votes.

Meanwhile, 39.2% of respondents answered "don't know" (TT) or "didn't answer" (TJ).

The Poltracking survey was conducted from May 16-22, 2022, involving 1,220 respondents spread across 34 provinces. Sample collection used a multistage random sampling (MRS) technique with a margin of error of 2.9% and a 95% confidence level.