Research Article
Voters’ Perception about Money Politics in the 2020 Local Leaders Election in Central Java during the Pandemic
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.9-10-2020.2304805, author={Neni Marlina and Priyatno Harsasto and Supratiwi Supratiwi}, title={Voters’ Perception about Money Politics in the 2020 Local Leaders Election in Central Java during the Pandemic}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Indonesian Social and Political Enquiries, ICISPE 2020, 9-10 October 2020, Semarang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICISPE}, year={2021}, month={3}, keywords={regional heads election money politics pandemic}, doi={10.4108/eai.9-10-2020.2304805} }- Neni Marlina
Priyatno Harsasto
Supratiwi Supratiwi
Year: 2021
Voters’ Perception about Money Politics in the 2020 Local Leaders Election in Central Java during the Pandemic
ICISPE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.9-10-2020.2304805
Abstract
Since the first simultaneous elections in 2005 until now, there has been no escape from potential conflicts and fraud. Also, elected regional heads who are directly elected by the community to be able to accommodate the interests and needs of the local community are commonly involved in corruption cases. One of the insanity violations in the implementation of concurrent elections in 2020 is the political practice of money used to attract votes. This condition is also more complicated by the Covid-19 pandemic that caused an economic crisis in the community as well as being a loophole for the political rise of money in organizing elections. The difficulty of the economic condition of society can be used as the right momentum for the political practice of money. This condition is interesting to see about the public's perception of money politics in the 2020 Concurrent Elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The result of this study is that the Covid-19 pandemic did not discourage the interest and desire of the public to continue to exercise their voting rights in the 2020 concurrent elections to be held on December 9. This shows that voter participation in the 2020 concurrent elections is not to be feared but the need for attention is that the public has realized that the condition of the Covid-19 pandemic has given great space for the political practice of money.