Public-Deliberative Participation Model: Socio-Cultural Mechanisms Shaping Political Participation in the 2024 Gorontalo City Mayoral Election
Through a qualitative case study of the 2024 Gorontalo City mayoral election, this article demonstrates that declining local voter turnout does not necessarily reflect apathy or a weakening of civic engagement. Instead, the phenomenon reflects a structural and deliberative mismatch between citizens' socio-political cap...