Open AccessCLEAVAGE STRUCTURE CHANGE IN THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTION IN INDONESIA
Author(s) -
Haris Mubarak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of law, government and communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-1763
DOI - 10.35631/ijlgc.622001
Subject(s) - voting , split ticket voting , first past the post voting , legislature , group voting ticket , cleavage (geology) , political science , ranked voting system , presidential election , straight ticket voting , presidential system , instant runoff voting , disapproval voting , general election , public administration , political economy , economics , law , politics , engineering , geotechnical engineering , fracture (geology)
This paper examines the following puzzle in the Indonesian electoral results: while the 2019 election showed clear cleavage voting at the presidential level, such voting was not apparent in the national legislative elections, which are held at the same time. It considers two different explanations for this divergence, split-ticket voting and the distinctions in the electoral system between the presidential election and the election for the national legislature. It concludes that the structure of the different voting systems does the best job of explaining the differences in voting patterns.