Vote Patterns and Political Participation of New Immigrants from Indonesia in Taiwan Presidential Election (2024)

This study aims to analyze the vote patterns of new immigrants from Indonesia in the 2024 Taiwan presidential election as a form of political participation. This study used a qualitative research method with the primary data collected by conducting in-depth interviews with 20 Indonesian new immigrants living in Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Chungli, Neili, and Keelung. The theory of political participation and vote patterns was used to elaborate the findings. The research found that Indonesian new immigrants participate fairly well in politics, despite only being on a conventional level. Voicing the needs of Muslim new immigrants is one of the reasons new immigrants from Indonesia are involved in political participation. Due to educational and time constraints, most new immigrants from Indonesia prefer not to participate in non-conventional levels and higher forms of political participation. The vote patterns formed are independent voters (80%) and dependent voters (20%).