Socio-Economic Status of Samarinda City Community in Political Participation
Abstract
Along with the ongoing democratic process, Indonesia also showed
ability in the democratic process. All elections conducted through
a series of systems of government and politics, directly ask for the
participation of the public. Therefore, there needs to be research to
find out the participation of the people of Samarinda City with
socio-economic status to political participation. This research
aims to find out the Socio-Economic Status of Samarinda city
community in political participation. The subjects of the study
numbered 180 respondents taken on an accidental basis. The data
collection method used is a political participation questionnaire.
The data analysis technique used in this study is a descriptive
analysis regarding the socio-economic status of the people of
Samarinda City in participating in politics. The results obtained
from this study found that overall political participation in society
was low. As for the categorization score on the socio-economic
status of the people of Samarinda City who have a low
socioeconomic status in low political participation, on the socio economic status of Samarinda city people who have a moderate
socioeconomic status in low political participation, and on the
socio-economic status of Samarinda city people who have a high
socioeconomic status in low political participation.