Research Article
The Problem of Attitude’s Consistency and Voting Behavior for the People of West Sumatra towards Female Regional Head Candidates in Regional Elections
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.30-8-2021.2316408, author={Asrinaldi Asrinaldi and Andri Rusta and Ilham Aldelano Azre}, title={The Problem of Attitude’s Consistency and Voting Behavior for the People of West Sumatra towards Female Regional Head Candidates in Regional Elections}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Gender, Culture and Society, ICGCS 2021, 30-31 August 2021, Padang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICGCS}, year={2022}, month={4}, keywords={political behavior women local election consistency representation}, doi={10.4108/eai.30-8-2021.2316408} }- Asrinaldi Asrinaldi
Andri Rusta
Ilham Aldelano Azre
Year: 2022
The Problem of Attitude’s Consistency and Voting Behavior for the People of West Sumatra towards Female Regional Head Candidates in Regional Elections
ICGCS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.30-8-2021.2316408
Abstract
In this modern age, public perception fully supports women in participating in political activities without distinction from men. Unfortunately, this public perception support is not consistent with their political actions in the regional head elections. This research uses a qualitative approach with a literature study method. These data come from previous publications of scientists, journalistic reports, official government documents relevant to this research, and other data available online that can strengthen the analysis in this article. We explore why individual perceptions were not aligned with their voting behavior in the simultaneous regional head in 2020. This article finds four reasons why voters' perceptions in West Sumatra are inconsistent with voting behavior, namely the existence of value pluralism, failure of political education, money politics, and the dominance of information that changes voter perceptions.