Electability of Political Parties
The publication of the results of a survey by Indikator Politik Indonesia illustrates the stagnant electability of political parties on the one hand and a decline in the parties’ voters on the other.
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Ahead of the South Tangerang mayoral election in 2020, billboards, banners and posters of a number of public figures and political parties are installed in public spaces, such as roadsides in South Tangerang city, Banten, as seen on Sunday (24/11/2019). Some of the figures have openly declared to run for mayor while others do not mention clearly their intention to take part in the election. The banners, posters, and billboards are also found in a number of regions that will carry out simultaneous regional elections in 2020.
The publication of the results of a survey by Indikator Politik Indonesia illustrates the stagnant electability of political parties on the one hand and a decline in the parties’ voters on the other. The survey conducted on 16-18 May 2020 shows that the majority of political parties has decreased in electability, even the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has shown a potential free fall when compared to the results of the February 2020 survey.
The survey’s resulting map of political party supporters has indeed not been as accurate as the map of supporters for presidential/vice presidential candidates ever since the emergence of survey institutions in Indonesia. There is a wide disparity between the survey results and the votes political parties have obtained in the general elections.