A Case Study On The Influence Of Kinship On Voting Preference Among Youth Voters In Barangay Pasong Tamo Quezon City (2022)
Keywords:
Elections, Kinship Influence, Mayoral Candidacy, Voting Preferences, Youth VotersAbstract
Kinship is the foundation of society to teach the youth to see reality. Hence, kinship’s influence affects the youth’s decisions in their everyday lives, including political preferences. A generation gap between the older and younger members may signify the former’s influence to be coercive or persuasive to the latter, especially in their decisions. Thus, it conveys the similarities and differences between kinship and youths’ preferences on whom they will vote for during the elections. This study aimed to understand the perceived influence of kinship on the experiences of youth voters in their voting preferences in the 2022 Mayoral Elections in Quezon City. As the study was qualitative and phenomenological, the collected data analyzed the concrete experiences and responses from the bonafide twelve (12) youth voters from Barangay Pasong Tamo, Quezon City, using multiple sampling techniques such as the Criterion Sampling, Snowball Sampling, and Emergent Sampling. The data observed the point of saturation. The findings indicated an actual influence of kinship among the youth voters regarding their voting preferences in the 2022 Mayoral Election in Quezon City. It revealed that political activeness, preferences, and expectations from the mayoral candidate, and lastly, the effect of the influence of kinship encompasses the youth voters’ free will and limitations to choose their preferred candidates. Furthermore, this study provided a basis for future researchers to improve and deeply understand the experiences of youth voters on the influence of kinship on their voting preferences for the mayoral candidate.
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