Trump’s the real terror: How Muslim Indonesia would vote in the U.S. election
Republican’s targeting of the national religion has contributed to overwhelming preference for Clinton
If Donald Trump wins the US Presidential election on Tuesday, his victory will be celebrated by few in Indonesia, where his anti-Muslim rhetoric has made him deeply unpopular.
Just 10 per cent of 500 Indonesians polled in the survey commissioned by the South China Morning Post said they wanted Trump to win the election – a stark contrast from the popularity incumbent President Barack Obama, who spent four years of his youth in Indonesia, enjoys in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
SURVEY RESULTS IN FULL
Support for Clinton in Indonesia (90 per cent; respondents had to pick one or the other for this part of the survey) was second only to South Korea, where 93 per cent were rooting for her to win.
Nine per cent said Trump would be better for Indonesia’s national interests, 67 per cent said Clinton was better, the rest said neither, while 8 per cent said the Republican was better for Asia, 67 per cent said the democrat and the rest said neither.
Eighteen per cent felt Trump would make the world a safer place, while 73 per cent felt the same about former secretary of state Clinton.