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View all search results'The floating mass': How will undecided and swing voters choose in the elections?
As we enter the last few days of the campaign season, the competition for undecided and swing voters is getting even hotter.
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A printing company employee checks the color quality of ballot papers for April’s presidential election in Jakarta on Sunday. The General Elections Commission (KPU) says some 939.9 million ballots will be printed for the upcoming elections. (The Jakarta Post/Dhoni Setiawan )
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ith only days left until the polls open on April 17, 27-year-old Sakinah Ummu Haniy is still completely undecided about who she will vote for in the presidential election.
“I am completely 50/50 at the moment,” she told The Jakarta Post recently. “If the election were held today, I probably wouldn’t vote at all.”
Aubrey Fanani, 29, on the other hand, said she was leaning toward voting for a particular ticket, but was still doubtful.
“I started off without a preference and I have followed the campaign and the debates and I already have a choice, but I’m not entirely sure,” she told the Post.
As we enter the last few days of the campaign season, the competition for undecided and swing voters is getting even hotter.
Most major polls put Jokowi in a formidable double-digit lead over rival Prabowo Subianto, but if the Gerindra chairman is able to snatch the ever-dwindling pool of undecided voters and win most of the president's less convinced supporters to his side, he may still be able to pull off an upset.
While Jokowi’s poll numbers have ranged between 49 and 58 percent in recent March surveys, the number of strong voters he has is somewhat lower, at around 43 to 47 percent.
