Santri Political Culture : A Case Study of Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Medan Islamic Boarding School

This study aims to see the santri political culture in Ponpes Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Medan. Apart from being an educational and da'wah institution, islamic boarding school is also included as a political entity in which there are santri. The elements included in politics are power, state, decision making (distribution) and others. As it is known that in the life of the nation and state almost every citizen will come into contact with political issues. So that political culture is one of the characteristics of culture in society. Political culture includes legitimacy, policy making, power, government/society behavior and others. Political activities that contain elements of religion can also be said to be part of political culture. The research method used is qualitative with a case study approach. Data collection techniques are carried out by interviewing, observing and collecting various previous studies. Analysis of the data is done through triangulation. The result of this study found that political culture of santri in Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah islamic boarding school is the political culture of kaula and participants.