The Perception of Young Voters Towards the Integrity of the 2014 Election A Survey in Special Region of Yogyakarta

Abstract

The research examines the perception of young voters regarding the quality of the implementation the 2014 election. There are six indicators to measurethe integrity: 1) the election law, 2) the electoral procedure, 3) the voter registration, 4) the political party and its candidate registration, 5) the role of mass media, and 5) the candidate campaign. The research findings revealed that, in general, young voters have an adequate perception concerning the electoral integrity. More specifically, the good perception is only to two things namely political partyand its candidate registration and the electoral pro-cedure. The rest is adequate perception. In addition, the research portrayed that young people have highest trust merely to the Corruption Eradication Commision (KPK). On the other hand, they have lowest trust into two institutions: political party and parliament