Prediction and analysis of Indonesia Presidential election from Twitter using sentiment analysis

Abstract

Elections in Indonesia have taken place since 1955 to elect a legislature. At a national level, Indonesian people did not elect a president until 2004. For the first time, the president, and members of People's Consultative Assembly will be elected on the same day [1]. The next general election that will be held in Indonesia is next year on 17 April 2019. Related to this situation, discussion and prediction about who is the Presidential candidate in Indonesia become a hot and interesting conversation among Indonesian citizen, and many of them expressed it through social media. Election-related hashtags are some of the most used hashtags among Indonesian netizens, most of them is a form of support to Jokowi and Prabowo, such as #PilihPrabowo (vote for Prabowo) and #AkhirnyaMili-hJokowi (finally vote for Jokowi) [2]. Political campaigns have exploited this vast array of information available on the above platforms to draw insights about user opinions and thus design their campaign strategy. Huge investments by politicians in social media campaigns right before an election along with arguments and debates between their supporters and opponents only enhance the claim that views and opinions posted by users have a bearing on the results of an election [3]. On the other way, the information

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