The Politization of Identity Politics in Medan Mayor Election 2020

Saipul Bahri, Heri Kusmanto

2022

Abstract

This article discusses the politicization that occurred in the electoral competition in the 2020 Regional Head Election of Medan City. In the midst of the euphoria of democracy, the post-conflict local election was faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, political polarization occurred in the midst of the people of Medan City. Polarization in electoral politics in Medan City in 2020, which in many aspects is largely determined by media framing and the interaction of actors in social media. Since 2014, the 2017 and 2019 DKI Jakarta post-conflict local elections, Indonesia has experienced the politicization of identity politics to an alarming degree whenever there is an election for executive leadership at the national, provincial and district/city levels. This identity politicization tends to have not received adequate attention in political studies. This paper presents preliminary observations about the politicization of political identity in Medan City. The results of this study found that national issues, such as cases of religious blasphemy, radicalism, became the primacy of candidates as political instruments. This article concludes that identity politics in the 2020 Medan City post-conflict local election takes the form of national issues rather than the identity of the local context. With qualitative research methods using interviews and observation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bahri S. and Kusmanto H. (2022). The Politization of Identity Politics in Medan Mayor Election 2020. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP, ISBN 978-989-758-618-7, SciTePress, pages 74-78. DOI: 10.5220/0011511600003460

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosop22,
author={Saipul Bahri and Heri Kusmanto},
title={The Politization of Identity Politics in Medan Mayor Election 2020},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,},
year={2022},
pages={74-78},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011511600003460},
isbn={978-989-758-618-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,
TI - The Politization of Identity Politics in Medan Mayor Election 2020
SN - 978-989-758-618-7
AU - Bahri S.
AU - Kusmanto H.
PY - 2022
SP - 74
EP - 78
DO - 10.5220/0011511600003460
PB - SciTePress