Eric Wen

News Editor @channelnewsasia CNA Indonesia

[Eric Wen @ericwds]

My latest for @ChannelNewsAsia

54 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐬. 29 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's jet-setting diplomacy has become one of the defining features of his presidency, drawing both praise and scrutiny as Indonesia pursues radical spending cuts at home.

Is it a strategic investment in Indonesia's future, or an expensive diplomatic gamble whose benefits remain difficult to quantify?

https://t.co/3Xwzt7NHwV

[South Korea Elects @KoreaElect69833]

민주당 당대표 순회경선 2주차 결과

2주차 결과
정청래 44.39%
김민석 48.54%

강원·제주·대구·경북·인천 등에서 투표가 진행된 2주차 경선에서는 정청래 후보가 대구에서 승리했고, 김민석 후보는 나머지 지역에서 승리했습니다. 이에 따라 1주차에 앞서 있던 정 후보는 김 후보에게 역전을 허용했습니다.

2주차 누적 결과
정청래 44.53%
김민석 46.01%

다만 아직 최종 결과를 예측하기는 어렵습니다. 3주차 경선이 열리는 서울·경기·전라 지역이 전체 민주당원의 70% 이상을 차지하기 때문입니다. 여기에 최종 결과에는 여론조사도 일부 반영되는 만큼, 이 역시 중요한 변수가 될 수 있습니다.

대통령과의 안정적인 관계와 중도·실용 노선을 강조하는 김민석 후보는 민주당의 전통적 강세 지역인 호남에서의 승리를 자신하고 있습니다.

반면 풀뿌리 민주주의를 강조하고 당의 중도 우경화 흐름에 반대하는 정청래 후보는 서울과 수도권에서의 승리를 자신하고 있습니다. 결국 호남과 수도권이 승부를 가를 핵심 지역으로 떠오른 가운데, 3주차 결전을 앞두고 양측의 신경전도 계속되고 있습니다.

https://t.co/SN8NzpTei0

[South Korea Elects @KoreaElect69833]

Democratic Party Leadership Race — Week 2 Results

Week 2
Jung Cheong-rae: 44.39%
Kim Min-seok: 48.54%

Regions voting this week included Gangwon, Jeju, Daegu, North Gyeongsang, and Incheon.

Cumulative results after Week 2
Jung Cheong-rae: 44.53%
Kim Min-seok: 46.01%

Jung won in Daegu, while Kim carried the remaining regions, allowing Kim to retake the lead after falling behind in Week 1.

However, the race remains highly unpredictable, as the regions voting in Week 3 — Seoul, Gyeonggi, and the Jeolla region — account for more than 70% of Democratic Party members.

Public opinion polling will also be factored into the final result, which could become another major variable.

Kim, who has emphasized stability under President Lee Jae-myung and a centrist, pragmatic approach, is confident of victory in Honam, traditionally the Democratic Party’s strongest region.

Jung, meanwhile, has campaigned on grassroots democracy and opposition to the party’s centrist-rightward shift, and is confident that he can prevail in Seoul and the broader capital region.

With both camps expecting the decisive final round to favor them, tensions between the two sides continue to rise.

[Zachary Donnini @ZacharyDonnini]

Case continues his streak of strong performances in both primaries and generals.

The margin could narrow from 24 points, but it’ll be an impressive win for the moderate given the national momentum toward progressives and the comparable fundraising.

[Charestiste🇨🇦🍁 @RealAlbanianPat]

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[Charestiste🇨🇦🍁 @RealAlbanianPat]

Currently making an election map-painting tools that includes more than 200 countries and regions, no ads and users will be able to auto-load election results.

[Jaron Zhou @ZhouJaron]

Crazy week when we get election nights on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday!

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

Crossover Democratic voters kept Susan Collins in office term after term. But even many of those who stuck by her in 2020 have had enough. @lizcgoodwin and I reported from Maine: https://t.co/MXZRUDrBZN

[Jacob Rubashkin @JacobRubashkin]

The GOP poll showing Miller down 14 points earlier this week got a lot of attention for the topline, but the generic ballot was also D+3, 48-45. That would already be the 2nd-best result for a Democrat in OH7 over the past decade and essentially on par with 2018 Senate (D+5).

[Emily Davies @ELaserDavies]

NEWS: Representative Max Miller is formally staying in the race to maintain his seat in Congress, his spokeswoman tells me.

The deadline is now passed for him to withdraw.

https://t.co/ukOiuRYdni

[Zachary Donnini @ZacharyDonnini]

Will the Democratic Tea Party reach the Aloha State?

Case has long been a fixture of the party’s moderate wing, and I see this as a tossup. First results should come around 1:30 a.m. ET and may be better for Case than the final tally. I’ll be tracking it late into the morning.

[VoteHub @VoteHub]

TONIGHT — Primary elections return in Hawaii. The marquee race is the Democratic primary in HI-01, where Blue Dog Rep. Ed Case, who voted for the SAVE Act, faces a competitive challenge from progressive state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole.

[DarylTanky @DRTnky]

This kopi store near Old Airport hawker opens at 4am and closes at 9am

Not because they’re lazy

Because their kopi sells out

Yes, the coffee they sell actually gets SOLD

Daily

When I finally got the chance to try it, I honestly thought to myself

“Kopi is Kopi what, how different can it get”

And then I took a sip

“What the f*ck”

If there was an artisanal / elevated version of Kopi, this was it

You can actually taste the “fragrance” unlike most Robusta dark roasts

Highly highly recommend

[Mouin Rabbani @MouinRabbani]

The overwhelming favourite to replace Blatter was the president of Uefa, Michel Platini. He, though, was unacceptable to the US, because it was his decision to switch his vote to Qatar, following – although he maintains not as a result of – a meeting at the Élysée Palace with the then French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the crown prince and prime minister of Qatar.

Conveniently, evidence was found of a payment he had received from Fifa in 2011 leading to his suspension. The Berne federal prosecutor, Michael Lauber, broke protocol to name Platini as something “between a witness and a suspect”. It was enough: Platini stepped aside and Infantino stepped in as Uefa’s candidate. Lauber subsequently became attorney general of Switzerland only to resign after secretly meeting Infantino while investigating Fifa. Platini was subsequently cleared and is suing both Fifa and Infantino.
https://t.co/ujXuqkQYUj

[Nassau Centrist Mapper @LIEngProf]

One of the more fascinating races is OH Gov. Dems have only won the office once (in ‘06) since the ‘90s, but they came close in ‘10 & ‘18.

If Vivek wins this year, his MoV is more likely to be closer to one of these. Thoughts?

[Political Polls @PpollingNumbers]

New - Senate poll - Kansas

🔴 Marshall 47%
🔵 Hamilton 43%

2024 Results - Trump +16

GBAO #B (🔵) - LV - 7/13

[Zachary Donnini @ZacharyDonnini]

Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate Primary Results

Non-Arab Voters:
🟡 Haley Stevens 48.2%
🟣 Abdul El-Sayed 47.9%

Arab Voters:
🟣 Abdul El-Sayed 94.1%
🟡 Haley Stevens 5.9%

[Zachary Donnini @ZacharyDonnini]

Michigan is just 2.2% Arab, but Arab voters proved decisive. Stevens won non-Arab voters, while El-Sayed’s huge margins in Arab communities powered his victory.

He won the most Arab precincts by ~80 points, and those areas turned out above the statewide Democratic primary rate.

[Telegraph Football @TeleFootball]

Uefa paid off an alleged mistress of Gianni Infantino while he was its general secretary, The Telegraph can disclose.

The woman received a six-figure sum after the alleged relationship with Mr Infantino while he was a top official at European football’s governing body.

Read our full investigation 👇
https://t.co/8uG4YLrVBS

[Zachary Donnini @ZacharyDonnini]

The fundamentals still slightly favor Ken Paxton, but after James Talarico led in seven consecutive polls, pushing our polling average to Talarico +2.5, the forecast has seen enough.

Talarico is now very narrowly favored to win.

[Chaz Nuttycombe @ChazNuttycombe]

🚨FINAL @StateNavigate WI DEM PRIMARY POLL🚨

(# change since last week's poll)

@FrancescaHongWI 44% (-)
@DavidCCrowley 22% (+7)
@keldahelenroys 11% (+7)
@TheOtherMandela 6% (-8)
@joeltbrennan 5% (+1)
@MissyforWI 0% (-1)
Undecided/Don't Remember 9% (-)

https://t.co/ExZmVOYu9O