Authors : Andi Gau Kadir, Nurlinah and Jayadi Nas
Abstract: Amid the facts difficulty organizing elections because demographic and social factors, Island communities which allow the lack of community participation in the elections. However, the cases of this research featuring facts to the contrary. District of Pangkep and Selayar displaying a high level of voter turnout in local leader elections than other districts in South Sulawesi. From these facts, the question arises what is causing the high level of voter participation in the area include: is the high level of participation is due to the mobilization of public awareness or because of candidates? This research about voting behavior in local leader elections in two districts in South Sulawesi. The purpose of this study to analyze how the implementation model of local elections in the Maritime area. The method in this research combines quantitative and qualitative methods or often referred to as mixed methods. Emphasis is given to the use of the methodology of the latter. Qualitative data analysis will be supplemented with quantitative data analysis and documentation thus be possible to achieve a quality in-depth interpretation. The results showed voter participation in the local leader elections in the two districts is dependent on the variant of the general election. The participation rate of the local leader election and other election (presidential election, legislative elections or gubernatorial election) are always different. A striking difference is caused by factors of emotional closeness and mobilization of voters to participate choose more intense. The most affecting the level of participation is the proximity to the candidates. Both the proximity of the village and the proximity of the family, either by the candidate directly as well as campaign team.
Andi Gau Kadir, Nurlinah and Jayadi Nas, 2017. Identification of Voting Behavior on Direct Election of Pilkada in Maritime Regions in South Sulawesi. The Social Sciences, 12: 1838-1841.