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Public Satisfaction Rate toward Jokowi’s Performance Drops to 75.6 Percent: Survey

Public satisfaction rate toward President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s performance has dropped to 75.6 percent, a survey released on Sunday, June 13.

The survey was conducted by Jakarta-based pollster Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) who interviewed 1,220 respondents from May 21 to 28.

Their satisfaction level has slipped by 1.4 percent from 77 percent in the previous survey held from February 28 to March 8.

“The public satisfaction rate or approval rating toward President Jokowi reached 75.6 percent of respondents who were satisfied and very satisfied,” SMRC Program Manager Saidiman Ahmad told a streamed news conference on Sunday, June 13.

Meanwhile, respondents who were dissatisfied and very dissatisfied with the president's performance reached 20.1 and 3.3 percent, respectively.

Compared to the survey which was held from February 28 to March 8, the public satisfaction rate has dropped, with 16.5 percent of respondents were very satisfied with Jokowi's performance in general. The number of respondents who are satisfied reached 60.5 percent, while dissatisfied and very dissatisfied reached 19.9 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively.

"There has been a slight decrease in satisfaction in the last 2-3 months," Saidiman said.
"The public satisfaction rate has slightly dropped in the last two to three months,” Saidiman said.

When asked about their satisfaction with the government’s performance in handling the Covid-19, 8.1 percent of respondents said they were very satisfied, 53.7 respondents were satisfied, 30.6 respondents were dissatisfied, and 4.8 were very dissatisfied.

Regarding satisfaction with the government’s performance in handling economic recovery due to the Covid-19 crisis, only five percent of respondents were very satisfied, 47 percent satisfied, 38 percent dissatisfied, and 5 percent very dissatisfied.

The majority of respondents or 76 percent of the people who were interviewed gave positive evaluations toward Jokowi’s performance, especially in fighting against Covid-19 (62 percent) and handling the economic crisis (52 percent), Saidiman said.

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/06/13/19270071/survei-kepuasan-masyarakat-terhadap-kinerja-jokowi-turun-jadi-756-persen.