The Effect Of Television Debate On Electoral Political Perception And Attitude To Local Leader Election: A Case Study In Surakarta City, Central Java, Indonesia

Local Leader Direct Election by people always presents debate program. In Local Leader Election (Pilkada) of Surakarta City in 2020, debate program is shown live on national television station in Indonesia. This research aims to study the effect of television debate on people’s political perception and attitude. The research method used was survey method. The sample size was 1008 distributed in 126 survey location points in Surakarta City, Central Java, Indonesia. The result and conclusion of research are: (1) debate affects more the (positive/negative) perception of debate participants; and (2) debate affects slightly the change of political attitude in voting and not voting for the candidate couple