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General Election twisted cord (Election) 2014 is one of the most decisive moment in the democratic life of the country of Indonesia. The democratic party will determine not only the head of state but also the representatives who will sit in the legislature twisted cord (DPR, DPD and DPRD). The whole process is certainly not going to run without the participation of voters in all of Indonesia. Election 2014 election was marked by a number of important issues voters considered one of the greater quantity of the adult voters.
Under Law No.. 10 of 2008 in Chapter IV, article 19, paragraph 1 and 2 and Article 20 mentions that the voters are Indonesian citizens on election day or voting are Indonesian citizens who have reached the age of 17 years and or more or has been / never married who has the right to vote, and the voter has not previously twisted cord included as provisions of the Electoral twisted cord Act.
Data BPS states, no less than 15-20% of voters in the 2014 election is the first time voters. BPS (2010 population census) 26% of productive age population or 64 million people aged 15-19 years amounted to 20,871,086 inhabitants. Age 20-24 years amounted to 19,878,417 people [1]. The total number twisted cord of voters 40,749,503 people. While Data Population Potential Voter List Election (DP4) shows, the data of voters aged 10-20 years amounted to 46 million, and the data of voters aged 20-30 years amounted to 14 million [2].
From the above data, especially young voters is considered to be very potential voters and has a very strategic position in the 2014 elections. However, Hali is also a challenge in the 2014 election given the one piece that pretty much donate non-voters are young people . It is also supported by the characteristics of the younger generation is increasingly critical, creative, and innovative so it is not easy with a variety of political promises and many of them are yet to determine political choices (swing voters).
1) Voters twisted cord do not show enthusiasm in the face of the election and the majority are not interested in participating in political campaigns, but 72% of respondents still use their voting rights.
2) There is a great desire to feel the experience twisted cord of using the right to vote, reflected by 70% of respondents still choose among candidates who have no spouse despite candidate of their choice. Plus 60% of them expressed at least give you a choice in the election. And reinforced 60% of respondents who expressed a desire twisted cord simply to participate in the elections.
3) New voters prefer things that are easy and simple to understand. One form is the attitude of the party chose long as it is considered twisted cord easy. Too many new things that have to be understood [3].
Associated with the magnitude of the potential non-voters conducted by the younger generation in the 2014 elections, the political education for voters is one of the strategies to increase their understanding of participation and voting in the 2014 election. According Bawono Kumoro, The Habibie Center for Political Research, Education politics for voters will bring benefits to make voters understand more about the importance of continuity of democratic life in Indonesia, so then expected to grow urge within them to join and participate in the election [4].
This is important given the political education of voters obtained twisted cord from the bulk of the mass information media and social media tends to show the bad side of the political elite behavior that affect the interests of voters. This resulted in political education for voters twisted cord is not optimal. Therefore, political education should be implemented in schools and in universities, as most of the voters are in the neighborhood.
According to Education Minister, there are some things that can be done in the universities participating in the political coloring, among which: preparing the agenda of discussion in terms of building political awareness with the academic approach; invite-vice presidential candidate expressed his ideas on campus, in the corridors of academic, not practical politics [5]. Therefore, the momentum of the 2014 elections are indispensable role of universities to conduct twisted cord political education twisted cord for young people. students who are subject to recall at once the object is in the young people who grew up and prepared not only professional