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Youth ready to turn critical eye on 2024 campaign platforms
The candidates and their parties might want to think hard about their 2024 campaign platforms if they want to win over young voters, keeping in mind that today's youth are no pushover when it comes to potential gimmicks, due to their upbringing during the free, open and critical era of social media.
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A member of the local General Elections Commission (KPU) polling committee distributes flyers on the 2024 general elections to students on Aug. 14, 2023, at an event to woo first-time voters in Badung regency, Bali. (Antara/Fikri Yusuf)
For 17-year-old Putri "Nasya" Murdiono, next year's general election is the first time she will be able to exercise her right to vote.
A Gen Z student at SMA 1 Cisarua senior high school in Bogor, West Java, Nasya is acutely aware of the rising cost of education and intends to cast her vote for candidates who can help her get through school.
It is nonnegotiable for her that candidates have a track record of championing issues that greatly impact the country’s youth, and she feels she might be inclined to support someone who shows that they really care.
"Candidates with a youth-focused agenda have much more appeal [...], as they represent the aspirations of my generation," she told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Nasya stressed that “their past experiences in trying to solve such issues will be a major consideration for me".
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Similarly, 21-year-old Gispa "Gege" Warijo-Manoby plans to carefully consider the policy priorities of each candidate before making up her mind.
