Pengaruh Partisipasi Politik Terhadap Pemilih Pemula Menjelang Pemilihan Umum 2024 Di SMA Pasundan 1 Cimahi

Abstract

This study aims to determine how the influence of political participation on novice voters ahead

of the 2024 general election at Pasundan 1 Cimahi High School. The author is a quantitative

researcher with a survey methodology. The instrument the author uses is a questionnaire of

political participation and novice voters. The population in this study was Pasundan 1 Cimahi

High School students who were 17 years old at the time of the general election, which was based

on the General Election Law Chapter IV Article 198 Paragraph 1, as novice voters. The sample

used amounted to 56 samples from a population of 129, with the sampling technique used being

probability sampling with a simple random sampling type. Based on the results of research and

discussion, it can be concluded that political participation has a significant influence on novice

voters, as seen from the level of relationship between variable X, political participation, and

variable Y, novice voters, which is declared "strong" because it is in the coefficient interval 0.645

- 0.799. The higher the level of political participation, the more likely novice voters are to

participate in elections and make more informed political decisions.