The Role of Democracy Volunteers in Increasing Community Participation in the 2019 Election at the KPU, Tangerang City
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211102.032How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- democracy volunteers; community participation; KPU
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the role of democratic volunteers in increasing the participation of the public (voters) in the 2019 simultaneous elections at Tangerang City KPU. The method used in this research is descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Descriptive Method According to Kuncoro is “Descriptive research includes data collection activities to answer questions about the current status of research subjects, because this research is done by interacting directly with stakeholders. Sources of data were taken through field research and literature study. This research was conducted at the KPU Kota Tangerang Jl. Nyi Mas Melati. Collecting data were through observation, interviews and documentation then the data were analyzed using qualitative descriptive analysis. The results showed that in carrying out the tasks of the Democracy Volunteers, it was divided into 2 (two) categories, namely the first to conduct socialization in public places, and the second to carry out socialization based on segments. The Democracy Volunteer Program initiated by the KPU involves community groups from 10 strategic voter segments, namely the family segment, the first-time voter segment, the young voter segment, the female voter segment, the disabled voters segment, the voters with special needs segment, the marginal voter segment, the community segment, the segment religious and internet citizen segments. Based on Tangerang City KPU report, the presence of democracy volunteers has increased the number of Tangerang City community participation in the 2019 elections.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
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TY - CONF AU - Ahmad Nazir AU - Iman Lubis AU - Achmad Nur Sholeh PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/16 TI - The Role of Democracy Volunteers in Increasing Community Participation in the 2019 Election at the KPU, Tangerang City BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICoRSH 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 261 EP - 266 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211102.032 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211102.032 ID - Nazir2021 ER -