Abstract
There have been few studies that highlight the use of metaphor in political discourse and election, but none of those studies focus on the election abstention –known in Indonesia as Golput phenomena- and the discussion of the intertwined components in metaphor. This research aims to investigate various metaphor components in the metaphorical description used to describe the abstention during the Indonesian election 2019 within the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980). Kovecses (2003) highlighted components of metaphor are also used to examine the essential components of conceptual metaphor in the use. The sources of data were from five foreign media reports that discuss the Indonesian issue of election abstention. The result shows there few essential components that can be revealed behind a metaphor such as the importance of mental image, cultural context, and highlighted elements in metaphor that contribute to the metaphorical function and interpretation
Highlights
Abstention during an election is one of the important aspects to be addressed by election committees
Various source domains are used for making a metaphorical voice about abstentions in the 2019 Indonesian elections
There are several aspects of election abstention that become the subtarget domain of the metaphor
Summary
Abstention during an election is one of the important aspects to be addressed by election committees. In Indonesia, the famous term for non-voting people during an election is golongan putih (golput), whose literal meaning is a white group. Mariska (2019) writes that the term golput was originally from protesting youth and students as they disagreed with the implementation of the 1971 general election. It was used for those who went to the ballot box and punching a hole in the blank space, instead of on the picture of the preferred candidates to show dissatisfaction with the process. Throughout this paper, the Indonesian term golput will be used interchangeably with the non-voting group and election abstention group
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