Awareness of politicians in implementing political education to realize political voluntarism in buleleng

Abstract

This study aims to describe the awareness of politicians in carrying out their political education functions in order to realize the political voluntarism in Buleleng regency in welcoming the simultaneous regional leader elections in 2022. This study uses a qualitative descriptive research approach. The research data analysis used by qualitative method. The results of this study indicate that the characteristics of political voluntarism in Buleleng regency are still low level. The factors that can influence the emergence of citizen political volunteerism in Buleleng regency include personal factors of politicians, socioeconomic, cultural and political factors, the influence of globalization and modern democracy, mass media and factors of law enforcement. Politicians are expected to better interpret and understand, then implement their duties and functions in increasing awareness of politicians in carrying out the function of political education in order to realize the political voluntarism of citizens in Buleleng.