Proceedings of the International Conference on Democracy, Accountability and Governance (ICODAG 2017)

Participation of Y Generation in 2018 General Elections

Authors
Dede Sri Kartini, Mr Muradi, Neneng Yani Yuningsih
Corresponding Author
Dede Sri Kartini
Available Online November 2017.
DOI
10.2991/icodag-17.2017.2How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Election, "Y" Generation, Voting
Abstract

Choose a candidate in general election is a part of public participation in its lowest level. Participation in election for Y Generation whom born on the 80's and 90's is predicted low, as depicted by the earlier generations. By using literature research, this essay will focus on understanding the characters of Y Generation, and several triggering factors to stimulate their participation. From previous research, these generations are known to have similar characteristics such as digitally literate persona, tend to neglect process and actively involved in social media. It is the time for the election committee and its participants took the advantage social media as a medium to deliver information which is related to election. Interesting information from social media will make those generation easy in deciding their vote for suitable candidates. Political parties, candidates and programs are determinant factors, and it should be well enough to attract their interest.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Democracy, Accountability and Governance (ICODAG 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-415-6
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icodag-17.2017.2How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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