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Anies Dead! Who's Lucky?

Anies Dead! Who's Lucky?  HISTORY belongs to those who win and know victory does not have to wait until history is written.  By reading public opinion and being able to feel the shifting direction of the political compass (straightforward/semiotic) from key actors, such as party leaders, presidents and interest groups, it is not difficult to feel which direction the winds of victory are blowing from.  Eight months into the grand 2024 presidential election, the wind of Anies Baswedan's victory is blowing less and less, and you can feel the breeze.  This is illustrated in the latest survey by the Indonesian Survey Circle in May 2023, which placed Anies Baswedan in the last position of the three candidates with an electability of 20.8 percent.  This figure does not move up, in fact it tends to decrease when compared to the previous year's survey in May 2022 of 21.4 percent.  Anies' stalemate was exacerbated by the electability gap compared to his two competitor