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Young voters dissatisfied with SBY

A survey conducted by pollster Indo-Barometer shows that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s approval rating is very low among young voters in the country

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Fri, April 26, 2013 Published on Apr. 26, 2013 Published on 2013-04-26T07:46:34+07:00

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survey conducted by pollster Indo-Barometer shows that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s approval rating is very low among young voters in the country.

Indo-Barometer found that 59.1 percent of its 1,200 respondents across the country’s 33 provinces were of the opinion that Yudhoyono’s administration had done a poor job. The approval rating for the President’s Cabinet was even lower, with 64.5 percent of respondents saying they were dissatisfied by how ministers handled their jobs.

The lowest approval rating was registered for Vice President Boediono with only 27.5 percent of respondents saying that he had done a good job.

For the survey, which had a margin of error of 3 percent, Indo-Barometer interviewed young people between the ages of 16 and 30

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