Abstract:
It is behind me doing this study because of differences in the level of community participation in
the first round of the election with a vote re (PSU). In the first round of Election 50.24%
participation rate and the Birthday Ballot participation rate decreased to 48.34%.
The purpose of the authors conducted this study was to analyze the factors that influence the low
level of political partsisipasi Simpang Baru Village, District Charming. .
Qualitative research is generating descriptive data in the form of words written or spoken of
persons or behaviors that can be observed. Data collection technique is to interview techniques.
Key informants in this study were Simpang Baru village chief, the head of the KDP and the
Simpang Baru Village.
The results of the study authors is the low level of community participation Simpang Baru
influenced by two factors: socio-economic factors and structural factors. In the socio-economic
factors, the Simpang Baru Village was not an iota of influence election results later against the
value of their lives later. While the structural factors can be seen from the decrease in the number
of voters list (DPT) from 82,546 in the first phase election to 80 068 on Voting Re.
