FACTORS AFFECTING POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF INDONESIAN COMPUTER STUDENTS (UNIKOM) IN THE GOVERNOR SELECTION IN WEST JAVA
Tatik Fidowaty, Poni Sukaesih Kurniati
Lecturer of Government Science, faculty of Social Science and Political Science. Unikom
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the magnitude of the influence of political awareness and trust in the government on the political participation of Unikom students The research method used in this study is explanatory research with a quantitative approach. The sampling technique uses accidental sampling. The technique of data collection is done by distributing questionnaires, non-participant observation, literature studies, unstructured interviews and documentation. Questionnaires were distributed to 115 Unikom students. To determine the effect of the magnitude of the factors of political participation of researchers using path analysis. The results of the study show that the descriptive analysis of Variable X which consists of political awareness variables is in a very good category and trust in the government is in the good category. Then for the descriptive analysis of the Y variable which consists of the sub-variables of Social and Economic Status and Parental Politics Affiliation are in the good category, while for the sub-variables the Organizational Experience is in the very good category Factors that influence the participation of Unikom students in West Java Pilgub of 3, 2% while the remaining 96.8% is influenced by other factors not examined by the researcher.
Keywords: Political Participation, West Java Governor election, Unikom Students
Topic: Government Science