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In a democratic country, participation in the general elections can be interpreted as a form of citizens responsibility towards sustainability for their country. This study examines the role of political information exposure, political trust and political participation of young people in the presidential election in 2019. The data were collected by questionnaires that were given to 466 students from different places in Indonesia, then the data were processed using structural model analysis (PLS). The results showed that the political information media exposure contributed directly to the political trust and political participation. The results of the study also indicated an indirect effect of political information media exposure to political participation through political trust. The political information media including television, internet news, social media, radio, and newspaper that transmit information about presidential candidate, election and political advertising. The result of the research also found that age and sex were importance demographic aspects that influenced political participation of young people. The conclusion of this study is that there is an influence of political information exposure from the media on political trust and political participation of young people