Explaining Joko Widodo’s Victory in the 2014 and 2019 Indonesian Presidential Election

• In Event: Governance and Citizenship in the Developing World

Brief Overview

This paper aims to explain why Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi) won in the 2014 and 2019 Indonesian presidential election. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this paper argues that patron-client networking played an important role in Jokow’s victory.

Author

• Ya-wen Yu, Tamkang University