Battle for Millennial Votes
The 2019 general elections will be an arena for garnering ballots from millennial voters. They will number in the majority, so millennials will be a determining factor in which candidate will gain the presidency and which political parties will win in the legislative election.
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The 2019 general elections will be an arena for garnering ballots from millennial voters. They will number in the majority, so millennials will be a determining factor in which candidate will gain the presidency and which political parties will win in the legislative election.
Based on Statistics Indonesia’s (BPS) 2010 census, a projected 55 to 58 percent of voters in 2019 will be millennials. Last year’s Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) study shows that millennial voters in rural areas tend to favor incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Jokowi currently shows a strong lead in these areas. In contrast, Prabowo Subianto tends to have stronger support among urban millennials, and support for Jokowi and Prabowo appears to be balanced among urban millennials.