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Patronizing The Mass: How Middle-Agents Deepened Populism And Post-Truth In Indonesia 2019 Presidential Election, Muhammad Naziful Haq
Patronizing The Mass: How Middle-Agents Deepened Populism And Post-Truth In Indonesia 2019 Presidential Election, Muhammad Naziful Haq
Jurnal Politik
Indonesian 2019 presidential election was extensively highlighted as a populist rematch between the technocratic Jokowi and the chauvinist Prabowo. There were at least two dimensions that contributed to the existing populist atmosphere at the presidential election: the religio-social condition of the people and the personal appearance of the presidential candidates. By referring to the two factors, analysts predominantly mentioned that Prabowo was more populist than Jokowi due to his energetic rhetoric and chauvinist discourse. However, it is undeniable that the polarization at the grassroots level was equally vitriolic in both Jokowi and Prabowo supporters. To what extent, then, could a …