There are many lessons we can learn from the two regional executive elections that were held at almost the same time in Central Java and Bali.

In Central Java, the share of votes garnered by the contestants proved to be far from predictionseven from 'expert' polls. The day before the vote, not many people thought the Ganjar Pranowo-Heru Sudjatmoko ticket had a chance. Several polling organizations thought that this ticket would be easily beaten by