A public opinion poll conducted by pollster the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) has found that forty percent of voters have yet to decide who to vote for in the July presidential election.
LSI interviewed 2,400 respondents in 33 provinces with a margin of error of 2 percent from May 1 to 9, as reported by tribunnews.com.
"Based on various simulations, up to 40 percent of the general public are undecided on their choices for president or vice president," LSI researcher Adjie Alfaraby said on Tuesday.
Adjie said this meant that any presidential or vice presidential candidate had a big chance to win the presidency as they still had time to persuade voters.
Several parties have named their own presidential candidates but no political party won enough support in the April legislative election to pass the 25 percent threshold that is required if a party is to field its own presidential candidate.
Analysts say the upcoming election will be a three-horse race involving the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDI-P) Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the Gerindra Party’s Prabowo Subianto and the Golkar Party’s Aburizal Bakrie.
Source/Fuente: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/05/13/40-electorate-undecided-pr...
