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Jokowi's approval rating hits new high, survey finds
Jakarta-based pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia has found in its latest public opinion survey that outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's approval rating has reached an all-time high of more than 77 percent.
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President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo (second left) throws T-shirts to local residents of Telukan village in Sukoharjo, Central Java, on Feb. 1, 2024, during a work visit in the region. During the visit, Jokowi began the disbursement of 10 kilograms of rice to 22 million low-income people until June. (Antara/Mohammad Ayudha)
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akarta-based pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia has found in its latest public opinion survey that the job approval rating for outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has reached an all-time high of more than 77 percent.
Jokowi got a slight bump in his latest job approval rating from 76 percent in February to 77.2 percent when the survey was conducted in early April, Indikator Politik Indonesia director Burhanuddin Muhtadi said on Sunday.
Indikator polled around 1,200 respondents of voting age nationwide from April 4 to 5 for the latest survey. The results of the survey had a 2.9 percent margin of error, with a 95 percent confidence level.
"The biggest reason why many people believe the President is doing a good job is his provision of social aid. That figure is 31.4 percent [of respondents]," Burhanuddin said, as quoted by Antara.
Some 20.6 percent of respondent said that they were satisfied with Jokowi's performance because he improved many forms of infrastructure across the archipelago.
Of all respondents, 22 percent disapproved of his performance, citing increasing food prices, rampant corruption, unequal distribution of social aid and lack of leadership as the main reasons behind their dissatisfaction.
Social aid controversy
