Percepciones políticas que determinan la conducta electoral de los estudiantes de Psicología, Pedagógica Infantil y Derecho de la Universidad de Pamplona.

Abstract

The present investigation was based on the researcher's concern about the limited participation of young Colombians in the electoral processes, which shows little interest in the political issues. Consequently, the general objective was to analyze the political perceptions that determine the electoral behavior of the students of Psychology, Pedagogical Child and Law of the University of Pamplona. To this end, a qualitative study was made using the descriptive method, which, through a process of interviews with teachers and focus groups with the students of the aforementioned programs, allowed to establish the prevalence of factors that affect the electoral behavior , such as the scarce formation in political subjects, the social, familiar and religious tradition, the corruption, the breach of electoral promises and of plans of government and the little personal benefit that supposes the participation in politics. From the perspective of teachers, it should be noted that they consider that students know very little about politics and that their participation in it is subject to particular interests, mainly related to discounts on tuition and other payments.