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Political volunterism is often interpreted as part of the politics of citizenship in this 2019 simultaneous general election. This passion for political expression is rooted in the publics expectation of the presence of political figures who are pro on the public interest at large. Movable communities voluntarily mobilize their political resources to try to get the candidates who are elected. With strong energy and militancy, political volunteerism has proven to be able to help elect the candidates for the legislature in DPRD Malang. One of the candidates in question is Harvard Kurniawan, elected PDIP Candidates for DPRD Malang 2014-2019. This paper will then look in depth at how the pattern of political volunteerism works amid the logic of strong political pragmatism and the high cost of winning. This study uses a type of qualitative research with a descriptive approach. Data sources were obtained through interviews and observations and documentation. Data is processed through data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. The concept of volunteerism is used as a theoretical reference.The results of the study show that volunteerism works by utilizing friendship relations, social capital and political networks owned by Harvard Kurniawan and his father. The association makes volunteers work sincerely in the winning process so that they are optimal in seeking support. Their movements also proved to be very solid, systematic and able to reduce political costs. This research has implications for the views of some of the public who accuse volunteerism of being difficult in the capital-intensive Indonesian electoral politics. In a skeptical view, volunteerism is merely a camouflage of evil political practices in order to get positive sympathy in society. The findings in this study at least answer these doubts.