TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Although the presidential election is still six months away, the ‘war’ to steal voters’ hearts, especially on social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, is already sizzling. A number of presidential candidates, for instance, Finance Minister Gita Wirjawan, campaigns aggressively on the Internet. State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan does not want to be left behind either, he often visits the fields, and even joins morning exercises in various regions.
Nevertheless, it is difficult for those candidates to be on par with Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo’s popularity. He continues to dominate the conversations on Twitter and Facebook. Based on TEMPO POLITICAL INDEX’s (www.TempoPoliticalindex.com) data, he has been talked about for more than 105,569 times, within the period of December 3-9, 2013. This means he dominates a 52 percent share of awareness.
TEMPO POLITICAL INDEX conducts research on the popularity of presidential or regional leaders candidates on social media. It was launched on Friday, December 20, 2013 at the Shangri La Hotel, Jakarta.
Politica Wave founder Yose Rizal, who also became TEMPO POLITICAL INDEX’s ‘brain,’ added that the second position was taken by the former Editor in Chief of Jawa Pos, Dahlan Iskan. The man who often visits regional state-owned enterprises (BUMN) dominated nine percent of awareness with 18,010 conversations.
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