The Influence of Political Distribution toward the Decision of Selecting Political Party

Abstract

The main objective of this study are; 1) to analyze the influence of variable on political distribution to the decision of selecting the candidate; 2) to analyze the influence of variable on political distribution to the decision of selecting the political party; 3) to analyze the influence of variable on the decision of selecting the candidate to the decision of selecting the political party; and 4) to analyze the influence of the role of mediating variable on the decision of selecting the candidate to the decision to the decision of selecting the political party. This study is conducted by using an explanatory approach. Four hypotheses that are formulated from the goals of study will be proved in this study. Furthermore, the data analysis method that is used in this study is an inferential statistical analysis Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA). The conclusion of this study are firstly political distribution variable has influence on the decision of selecting the candidate; secondly political distribution variable has not a significant influence on the decision of selecting political party; thirdly the variable on the decision of selecting candidate has influence the variable on the decision of selecting political party; and fourthly the variable on the decision of selecting candidate has mediated the variable of political distribution to the decision of selecting political party.

Keywords: political distribution, candidate mediation, decision of selecting political party