Political Survey Ads on One Day Before Election

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Media Indonesia daily this day, there are two ads about survey results from two different surveys institutions. According to the Indonesia Development Monitoring (IDM), Megawati got 44.8% vote, SBY 27.1% and JK 26.6% from 3700 respondents. The Confidence interval is 1.61% with significant confidence on 95%. IDM provides no methods and distribution of respondents, so this result can not be trusted. Statistically, the data is still doubts.

The other ads are from Lingkaran Survei Indonesia (LSI). LSI survey SBY as the winner with earnings vote more than 50%. This ad clearly is a form of advertising that expects presidential election just one lap only. Both ads is a form of "campaign" in the quiet period, and both clearly want to lead voters to a particular choice.