Participation of Y Generation in 2018 General Elections

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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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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AU  - Dede Sri Kartini
AU  - Mr Muradi
AU  - Neneng Yani Yuningsih
PY  - 2017/11
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TI  - Participation of Y Generation in 2018 General Elections
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Democracy, Accountability and Governance (ICODAG 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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