Flirting with Figures
Research results by different polling institutions are sharply divided: some stated that the Democrat Party is in the lead while others say the PDI-P will win the elections. Is there collusion between the political parties and survey operators?
January 20, 2009
THE second floor of the Indonesia Survey Institute in Menteng, Jakarta. Institute Research Director Kuskrido Ambardi holds up 12 sheets of foolscap-size paper titled "A National Survey of Public Social Issues", a bundle of papers that contain a list of questions for survey respondents on electoral voter trends in the lead-up to the 2009 elections.
Dodi-Kuskrido's nickname-unfurls the survey instrument. He pulls out a sheet containing respondents from
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