Abstract
The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the low level of political participation of state border communities as an evaluation of the implementation of the elections held by the Malinau Regional Election Commission in 2015. There is a tendency that border communities do not care about democratic parties (elections) being held, because they feel ostracized by the government, even most of their basic needs depend on neighboring countries, namely Malaysia. While the Indonesian government seems to be ignoring border communities with high living costs and low welfare levels. Giving the impression that the election results also did not have an impact on the lives of the people of the country's borders. Whereas one of the objectives of the implementation of the elections is to produce elections that have clean, honest and fair integrity in order to be able to produce qualified leaders to develop community welfare. The results showed that social, economic, geographical, administrative and community apathy conditions affected the level of political participation of people at the border. Community apathy and geographical conditions have a considerable impact, so the development of border communities needs to be an important concern of the government so that the people trust the government. Thus, the awareness of the people of the national borders to build their participation in determining their leaders in the future elections.
Highlights
The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the low level of political participation of state border communities as an evaluation of the implementation of the elections held by the Malinau Regional Election Commission in 2015
The results showed that social, economic, geographical, administrative and community apathy conditions affected the level of political participation of people at the border
Fenomena rendahnya partisipasi politik masyarakat lebih disebabkan oleh perlakuan pemerintah yang belum membangun secara maksimal di daerah perbatasan, karena sulitnya jangkauan pembinaan oleh pemerintah dan adanya peluang ekonomi di negara tetangga sehingga faktor sosial, ekonomi dan kesenjangan tersebut berdampak pada tingkat partisipasi dan orientasi politik masyarakat di perbatasan sebagai isyarat kekecewaan terhadap pemerintah
Summary
Bahkan ada indikasi bahwa tingkat partisipasi masyarakat perbatasan rendah karena selama beberapa dekade mereka hidup dalam kondisi terbatas dengan biaya hidup yang tinggi, tetapi perhatian pemerintah masih sangat minim sehingga kehidupan mereka sebagian besar bergantung pada negara tetangga Malaysia. Dari beberapa literatur penelitian sebelumnya, menemukan berbagai faktor yang mempengaruhi tingkat partisipasi politik masyarakat sesuai dengan konteks dan kondisi wilayah atau daerah masing-masing.
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