POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF DISABILITY VOTERS IN GENERAL ELECTIONS IN SUKABUMI CITY IN 2018 (CASE STUDY IN CITAMIANG DISTRICT)

Abstract

This study takes the title "Political Participation of Disability Voters in General Elections in Sukabumi City in 2018”. The problems studied in this study are that (1) disability voters so that in 2018 disability voters who do not exercise their voting rights are 86 people. (2) there is still a lack of awareness of disability voters towards political activities (3) A political environment that is not conducive at the time of the issuance of an open plenary decision, in which hundreds of supporters of the pair. The results of the study show that the City of Sukabumi has held three direct elections, Governor, Mayor and Deputy Mayor, namely in 2008, 2013 and currently 2018. The total number of voters disabilted in Citamiang District in 2018 was 86 people. As a matter of fact, the participation rate in 2013 has decreased the participation rate of disability voters, because the individual character of a disability voter who does not have concern for politics. Whereas the driving factor for disability voters to participate is from the political stimuli that the organizers have given, the social characteristics and the situation of the political environment itself. The advice given to increase the political participation of disability voters is that it needs support from the family to introduce the importance of political participation and from political stimulation provided by the organizers. voter data collection due to many voters including disability voters who are not registered.

Keywords: Political Participation, Disability voters, election, family introduce