Nevertheless, the public enjoyed progress in political rights (13.25 points) and democratic institutions (12.94 points) during 2009-2020. Aspects of equality and the capacity of democratic institutions have also developed more positively in the new measurement method (2021-2022).

It seems that this macro trend is taking into account the seemingly uniform democratic vision of the 2024 presidential election candidates. The three pairs of aspirants consider the aspect of liberty to be equally important by establishing it in their missions of democracy.

The pair of Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar made restoring the quality of democracy mission number eight. Specifically, agenda six details the mission, namely guaranteeing freedom, ensuring meaningful participation, improving regulations that hinder freedom, low-cost democracy, ratifying the political funding bill, ensuring the neutrality of election organizers, funding to strengthen the role of civil society, people's understanding of democracy and simplifying requirements and procedures for individual candidacy for regional head.

The pair of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka made strengthening democracy their mission number one. This mission is operationalized in the program to restore and guarantee freedom of the press, reestablish academic freedom and guarantee freedom of association, assembly and expression of opinion.

To support the quality of democracy, the pair propose to establish an NGO endowment fund management institution and to regulate the political funding and financing system.

The duo of Ganjar Pranowo and Mahfud MD established mission number seven with the idea of accelerating the implementation of substantive democracy. Guaranteeing civil liberties, strengthening civilian supremacy, strengthening political institutions and freedom of the press and media are substantive democracy implementation programs.