SMRC: Public Satisfaction with Prabowo's Performance Drops 30 Percent

Research institute Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) has revealed that public satisfaction with the performance of President Prabowo Subianto has decreased by approximately 30 percent over the past nine months. SMRC Executive Director Deni Irvani detailed that the level of public satisfaction with Prabowo’s performance stood at 51.1 percent in July 2026, compared to 81.2 percent in November 2025. Deni stated that this decline in public satisfaction is closely linked to negative evaluations of the country’s condition. ‘This decline in public satisfaction is closely related to the deterioration of positive sentiment towards economic, political, and law enforcement conditions,’ Deni said in a press statement on Sunday, 26 July 2026. Conversely, the SMRC survey over the same period showed that the number of respondents who felt dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with President Prabowo’s performance increased. The dissatisfaction rate in July 2026 was 46.9 percent, up from around 16 percent in November 2025. Deni elaborated that in the latest survey, conducted from 5 to 19 July 2026, around 4.8 percent of respondents felt very satisfied with the president’s performance, while 46.3 percent felt quite satisfied. Meanwhile, 35 percent felt less satisfied, 11.9 percent felt completely dissatisfied, and around 2.1 percent did not know or did not answer. The survey, titled ‘Economic-Political Conditions and Presidential Approval Rating,’ was conducted by SMRC from 5 to 19 July 2026. The survey population comprised all Indonesian citizens with the right to vote in general elections, specifically those aged 17 years or older or who were married at the time of the survey. The survey involved 749 randomly selected respondents. A total of 605 respondents, or 83.8 percent, who owned mobile phones were interviewed by telephone, while 144 respondents, or 16.2 percent, who did not own mobile phones were interviewed face-to-face. SMRC stated the survey’s margin of error was 3.7 percent, with a 95 percent confidence level.