Vice Presidential Candidates Become Determinant Factor
Referring to the results of the most recent survey, there are at least 10 political figures seen by the public to be vice presidents for the three top presidential candidates for public referrals.
The map of competition for the cawapres position in the 2024 election is expected to be fierce. The four dominant names are Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), Erick Thohir, Ridwan Kamil and Sandiaga Uno.
Tight competition among presidential candidates ahead of the 2024 election has opened the opportunity for vice presidential candidates, who are considered not only able to make up for the presidential candidates’ weaknesses, but also help strengthen the basis of their electability.
Indications of the increasing importance of the presidential candidate pairing was implied in the results of the Kompas Research and Development Periodic Survey on 25 January-4 February 2023. The competition, mapped based on the proportion of public electability for the top three figures in the survey, namely Ganjar Pranowo, Prabowo Subianto and Anies Baswedan, was classified as competitive. This time, Ganjar still occupies the top position, followed later by Prabowo and Anies.