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Perilaku politik adalah perilaku atau tindakan yang dilakukan oleh individu maupun kelompok untuk memenuhi hak dan kewajibannya sebagai insan politik. Santri yang berada di pesantren memiliki kendala mengakses informasi dari luar terutama terkait pilkada yang akan dilaksanakan, sehingga kemungkinan akan mempengaruhi perilaku politik dalam menentukan pilihan politik santri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membahas mengenai perilaku politik santri di Pondok Pesantren Assalafiyah Tanjung Rame sebagai pesantren tradisional dan di Pondok Pesantren Terpadu Ushuluddin sebagai pesantren modern dalam Pemilihan Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Lampung Selatan Tahun 2020. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif, dalam menentukan informan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dengan menyesuaikan kebutuhan data untuk kepentingan penelitian. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat perbedaan perilaku politik, pada Pondok Pesantren Assalafiyah Tanjung Rame, santri memberikan pertimbangan pilihan politiknya dengan melihat agama kandidat, organisasi masyarakat dan partai yang berbasis Islam. Kepatuhan santri kepada kiai sangat kuat dalam menentukan pilihan politik, sehingga kiai menjadi rujukan utama dalam menentukan pilihan politik, dan santri tidak memiliki keberanian menentangnya. Berbeda dengan santri di Pondok Pesantren Terpadu Ushuluddin, santri terlihat lebih rasional, memilih dengan pilihannya sendiri dan kiai tidak menjadi sumber utama mementukan pilihan politik.

Distributive politics is part of the concept of patronage or clientelism, term of clientelism commonly referred to in some scientific literature. Research on distributive politics in the context of local politics, especially in the election of regional heads is still rare. Previous studies are still conducted within the national scope, such as presidential and legislative elections. This research tries to answer the question of how the process of distributive politics and manipulative policies runs in the local context of Bandar Lampung Local Election in 2015.The study was conducted in Bandar Lampung City in September 2016 until January 2017. This research used qualitative method through in-depth interview approach to informants related to the research. The informant consisted of several political actors, Herman HN's successful team and academics. The result of this research indicates that politics of distributive among voters occurs in the selection of Bandar Lampung Mayor. There is a symbiotic mutualism between candidate and the voters in Bandar Lampung Local Election. Voters can be influenced by the choice of imaging of candidate, through the concept of distributive politics or pork barrels politics or provide necessary needs for the voting community with infrastructure policy; roads and bridges, free education, free health and religious social assistance. Other results indicate that the manipulative policies carried out by candidate make voters lulled to absurd performance that ends in the Bandar Lampung City budget crisis after the policy is rolled out.

Clientelism is a renewal of the patronage concept, usually referred to as patron-client in some scientific literature. Research about patron-client in the context of domestic politics, specifically in regional elections, is rarely conducted. Previous studies have mostly examined national-level elections, namely president and legislative. Therefore, this research has tried to answer the question on how the clientelism process worked during the Mayor’s Election in Bandar Lampung in 2015, particularly for candidate pair of Herman HN and M. Yusuf Kohar. This research was conducted in Bandar Lampung city from September 2016 to January 2017 as a part of the authors’ dissertation. It employs qualitative method using in-depth interview method on respondents who are related to research objects. The informants consisted of political practitioners, members of campaign teams, and academicians. The findings showed that clientelism among voters occurred during mayor election in Bandar Lampung 2015. There is a mutualism symbiosis between the incumbent candidate (Herman HN) and the voters in Mayor Election of Bandar Lampung in 2015. The voters’ votes can be influenced using the imagery portrayed by the candidates, particularly Herman HN. They can also be influenced by distributive politics or by giving what the voters’ needs through infrastructure politics (such as the construction of roads and bridges), free education, free health care, and social/religion aids. The candidate pair who won the election had different campaign teams.

After election commission passed Nasdem Party to participate in the 2014 elections, the party is now headed by Surya Paloh reap discord. The split was marked by the release of Hary Tanoe Soedibjo, Chairman of the Board of Expert Nasdem Party. Hary Tanoe addition, Secretary-General Ahmad Rofik, Saiful Haq Deputy Secretary-General, and the Chairman of the Internal DPP Nasdem Tirtana Endang also resigned from the party Nasdem. The resignation was caused by disagreement with Surya Paloh who plans to overhaul the management of board center. The purpose of this study was to determine the internal conflict and branding of Nasdem Political Party In Legislative Election Year 2014. The result shows Nasdem internal conflict as a conflict of interest due to the race for Chairman Nasdem between Surya Paloh and Hary Tanoe Sudibjo. This conflict resulted the resignation Hary Tanoe and followed by Nasdem cadres in several regions in Indonesia. Nasdem administrators in several regions in Indonesia who resigned are the supporters of Hary Tanoe. Impact in the community is its lack of public confidence in Nasdem as new party that is expected to bring positive change so that this conflict can interfere with imaging Nasdem the 2014 Elections.