Young people are tomorrow's leaders. The age limit for voting in general elections is 21 years, but the amendment to the Federal Constitution approved and enforced in 2021, the voting age has been lowered to 18 years. It automatically allows young people to vote in the 15th general election. This young group was chosen as the focus of the study because it is said to have more aggressive and logical views and ideas compared to the older group who prefer parties or candidates based on their experiences and sentimental values. The purpose of this study is to analyse the factors that influence young voters to go out to vote by examining whether the integrity and leadership factors of candidates affect their election patterns. This study was carried out using quantitative methods to gather primary data using questionnaire instruments and simple random selection. Respondents for this study are focused on youth who are categorized as young voters aged between 18-25 years as the focus of the study without specifying the number of respondents who need to answer the questionnaire that was distributed for two months which has been done through online platforms namely Google forms, FB, Whatsapp, Telegram and Instagram. 454 respondents have met the characteristics of respondents that have been set by the researcher. The data obtained was analysed descriptively using version 23 of the SPSS application to see the distribution of young voters and discussed based on the average of young voters. The findings of the study show that the majority of these young voters strongly agree that the candidate nominated by each political party must be a person with integrity and good leadership. The results of the survey indicate that the number of voters who agree and strongly agree is relatively balanced. Selecting candidates with high integrity and leadership competencies is important for the survival of a political party.
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