Volume 07 Issue 12 December 2024
1Yuherina Gusman, 2Wildan Faisol, 3Sekar Ajeng Hapsari
1,2,3Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Al-Azhar Indonesia
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i12-02Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
This study aims to analyze the vote patterns of new immigrants from Indonesia in the 2024 Taiwan presidential election as a form of political participation. This study used a qualitative research method with the primary data collected by conducting in-depth interviews with 20 Indonesian new immigrants living in Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Chungli, Neili, and Keelung. The theory of political participation and vote patterns was used to elaborate the findings. The research found that Indonesian new immigrants participate fairly well in politics, despite only being on a conventional level. Voicing the needs of Muslim new immigrants is one of the reasons new immigrants from Indonesia are involved in political participation. Due to educational and time constraints, most new immigrants from Indonesia prefer not to participate in non-conventional levels and higher forms of political participation. The vote patterns formed are independent voters (80%) and dependent voters (20%).
KEYWORDS:political participation, vote patterns, Indonesian new immigrants, presidential election, Taiwan elections, foreign brides
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