Political Polarization in the 2018 North Sumatera Governor Election Campaign

Walid Musthafa Sembiring, Subhilhar, Heri Kusmanto, Hatta Ridho

2022

Abstract

In 2018, simultaneous regional head elections were held in 171 regions consisting of 17 provinces, 39 cities, and 115 regencies. North Sumatra Province is one of the regions that carry out elections. As the region with the fourth largest population in Indonesia, North Sumatra Province is one of the areas that gets the spotlight. Mainly because there were only two pairs of candidates who passed verification at the General Elections Commission, namely the Edy Rahmayadi-Musa Rajekshah pair and the Djarot Saiful Hidayat-Sihar Sitorus pair. In the campaign process, there is polarization in the main voters related to the sentiments of each candidate who is fighting. The purpose of this study is to analyze how political polarization is in the 2018 North Sumatra governor election campaign. This research is qualitative research with a constructivist paradigm. The results of this study indicate the causes of polarization, a strong polarization between each supporter of the candidate pair and the division of public opinion on social media.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sembiring W., Subhilhar., Kusmanto H. and Ridho H. (2022). Political Polarization in the 2018 North Sumatera Governor Election Campaign. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP, ISBN 978-989-758-618-7, SciTePress, pages 156-160. DOI: 10.5220/0011563000003460

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosop22,
author={Walid Musthafa Sembiring and Subhilhar and Heri Kusmanto and Hatta Ridho},
title={Political Polarization in the 2018 North Sumatera Governor Election Campaign},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,},
year={2022},
pages={156-160},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011563000003460},
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 - Political Polarization in the 2018 North Sumatera Governor Election Campaign
SN - 978-989-758-618-7
AU - Sembiring W.
AU - Subhilhar.
AU - Kusmanto H.
AU - Ridho H.
PY - 2022
SP - 156
EP - 160
DO - 10.5220/0011563000003460
PB - SciTePress