POLITICAL CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITY IN PEMATANGSIANTAR CITY (CASE STUDY OF THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARM OWNER MOTORCYCLE SIANTAR (BOM’S) COMMUNITY IN PEMATANGSIANTAR CITY IN SUMATERA UTARA GOVERNOR’S ELECTION IN 2018 AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2019

Abstract

The political culture of the community can be seen from the symbols that are used and the actions of the community. The purpose of this study is to describe the Political Culture of the Birmingham Owner Motorcycle Siantar (BOM'S) Community, which accommodates the owners of Birmingham Small Arm (BSA) motorbikes and Siantar’s Pedicabs using Birmingham Small Arm (BSA) motorbikes in the 2018 Sumatra Utara Governor’s Election and the 2019 Presidential Election. The research method uses a qualitative approach with descriptive type, the research location is in Pematangsiantar City. The research informants use in this study is a purposive technique, that is the key informants of the Komisi Pemilihan Umum Daerah (KPUD) of Pematangsiantar City, Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum (BAWASLU) of Pematangsiantar City. The main informants are the President, the administrators, and members of the Pematangsiantar City BSA/Birmingham Small Arm Owner Motorcycle (BOM'S) community. Additional informants are political party administrators, namely Partai Indonesia Perjuangan (PDI-P), Partai Demokrat, Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN) of Pematangsiantar City who knowns the political culture and voter’s behavior of the BSA/Birmingham Small Arm Owner Motorcycle (BOM'S) community in Pematangsiantar City during the Governor’s Election and Deputy Governor of Sumatera Utara in 2018 and the Election of Indonesian President and Vice President in 2019. The results Political Culture of the Birmingham Owner Motorcycle Siantar (BOM'S) Community is participant political culture. The Political Culture of the Participants is inseparable from the history of the establishment of the Birmingham Owner Motorcycle Siantar (BOM'S) community which aims to make the Siantar pedicab (Becak) a cultural heritage object and a tourist vehicle in Pematangsiantar City like "TukTuk" in Thailand and “Jeepney” in the Philippines.