KOMUNIKASI POLITIK PASANGAN INDRATA-GAGARIN DALAM PEMILIHAN KEPALA DAERAH KABUPATEN PACITAN TAHUN 2020

This article aims to determine whether the increase in the allocation of social assistance funds by the government during the pre-presidential election is directly proportional to the increase in the electability of incumbent candidates. The method used is descriptive qualitative with a literature study approach to obtain research data and information. The results show that the social assistance budget allocation has increased approaching the 2019 presidential election. The increase in social assistance spending gradually from 2016 amounted to 49.06 trillion to 58.96 trillion in 2017 and increased to 83.91 trillion in 2018. The budget for social programs also increase from 10.5 Trillion in 2016 to 14.09 Trillion in 2017 and increasing again in 2018 with an amount of 18.67 Trillion. The increase in budget allocation is directly proportional to Jokowi’s high electability as an incumbent candidate who reaches 50% more, ahead of Prabowo Subianto who is less than 40%. This is an indication that the program is one way to increase President Jokowi’s electability ahead of the 2019 presidential election. It can be said that the social assistance budget is one form of Pork Barrel politics in Indonesia because it is used as a political effort by the incumbent through budget allocation in central government programs to areas to increase electability in the next election. So it is concluded that this article aims to determine whether the increase in the allocation of social assistance funds by the government during the pre-presidential election is directly proportional to the increase in the electability of incumbent candidates