https://www.scmp.com/rss/500567/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Unofficial results from last week’s election show Indonesian President Joko Widodo comfortably cruising to re-election with 55 per cent of the vote. While the “quick counts” from independent pollsters point to Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin winning the popular vote in 20 out of 34 provinces, their poor performance in several of the other 14 is surprising. Credible survey organisations such as Charta Politika and Indo Barometer put Jokowi’s approval ratings... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3007460/indonesias-elections-identity-politics-almost-trumped-economy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3007460/indonesias-elections-identity-politics-almost-trumped-economy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Apr 2019 07:30:06 +0000 If the quick count results from Wednesday’s presidential election hold, it would mean President Joko Widodo managed to comfortably fend off his challenger, Prabowo Subianto, with a margin between 7 and 9 percentage points. For pollsters tracking both candidates over the last eight months, the outcome is not a surprise. Indikator, IndoBarometer, CSIS, Kompas, and Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) had predicted Jokowi and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin’s victory albeit with a wider margin... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3006633/indonesia-election-hardline-islam-where-it-all-went-wrong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3006633/indonesia-election-hardline-islam-where-it-all-went-wrong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:14:54 +0000