Communication of Political Identity & Indonesian Presidential Candidacy in the 2024 Election

Abstract

So far, the presidential election in Indonesia has been a public concern. President Jokowi, in his second term as President, is suspected of wanting to run for a third term if allowed by existing regulations. The emergence of presidential candidates for the 2024 period from his ministers is a challenge for Jokowi. Anisbaswedan, the former governor of Jakarta, was appointed by the Nasdem party as one of the presidential candidates. Thus, the writer addresses the above phenomena and examines the future prospects and identity communication built by respective parties. This study uses political identity, identity communication, and a constructive approach using library research. The data used comes from library sources, both in the form of text in books, articles, papers, and other written sources. This research belongs to the descriptive-analytic research category, which describes and analyzes comprehensively the Indonesian 2024 President. Source of data obtained from primary and secondary literature. The primary data source is the literature on identity and communication. Sources from the internet are used in this study as an additional reference. The research results were analyzed descriptively. They used theories such as the theory of communication, identity, and constructivism. The research results show that the identity communication of the Indonesian presidential candidate must accommodate the majority of people in terms of race, culture, and religion. East Java, Central Java, and West Java, for example, are high in population than other provinces in the region, which mostly determine the candidate's win. Postponing the presidential election is another possible case, in case Mr. Jokowi wins the Constitution Commission and grants of Indonesian Constitution for his third period.