The first Jakarta 2024 gubernatorial election debate was held at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, on Sunday, October 6, 2024. The debate's theme was "Strengthening Human Resources and Transforming Jakarta into a Global City."
Katadata Insight Center (KIC), in collaboration with tSurvey (Katadata Telco Survey), analyzed public opinion regarding the aspects influencing their assessment of the gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial candidates in the debate.
The results showed that 72.4% of respondents stated that the clarity of the candidates' ideas was their primary focus in evaluating them.
Other aspects influencing respondent assessments included mastery of the material (69.4%), innovative solutions and programs (61.3%), attitude towards opponents (60.6%), and speaking effectiveness or timeliness (47.3%).
Other aspects assessed, related to speech intonation, data citation, gestures, and body language, are included in the attached graph.
Attributes such as caps, pins, or bracelets; the cheering of supporters; and gimmicks like poems or dances did not have much influence.
This survey involved 1,081 respondents residing in Jakarta, who are eligible to vote and use Telkomsel mobile phone numbers. The sample was drawn from the tSurvey population based on Telkomsel telco data insights.
Data collection was conducted from October 6-7, 2024, through an online survey using simple random sampling. The survey's margin of error is 3% at a 95% confidence level.