INTRODUCTION

Political science is a classical discipline that deals with the study of political

phenomena. It aims to deepen human understanding of the forms and nature of

political action (University of Jyväskylä, 2017), as it also simplifies the system of each

field relating to public national life; democracy, parliaments, politicians, and elections.

Furthermore, according to Britannica (ND), political science is a stematic government

research using techniques of analysis and typically scientific methods. Additionally, it

explores the State and its institutions, as historically described and observed.

However, the new discipline is much wider, including the analyses of all the social,

cultural, and psychological influences that jointly affect government activity and the

political body. Elections play an important part in democratic government. Since direct

democracy, in most western, the system of government in which the whole body of

educated people takes policy decisions is unworkable, members must be the

democratic government. Elections empower electors to appoint candidates and keep

them responsible for their official results. Accountability may be compromised if

government officials do not care if or not they are re-elected or whether one party or

alliance is so predominant in history or otherwise that alternate candidates, political

parties, or strategies are not necessarily elected (Britannica, ND). In addition, voting

wisely requires the need to identify the provisions that the COMELEC applied to

prevent fraudery during the election. However, this does not weigh much if the electors

value their current needs over the consequences that will affect the entire country.
 Cuff, Kulkarni, and others (ND) explained that Plurality voting is the most

traditional and familiar voting method. Any voter agrees to support one candidate and

the most succeeding candidate wins. Although most people have not directly talked of

voting arithmetic, the rest have noted the falls in plurality voting. In some presidential

elections, it is likely, and even popular, that a "dressing" throws off the race. In

comparison, this phenomenon may be much more pronounced during the primary

elections. The problem is that any elector has to offer a ruling and choose only one

person to support him or her. Similar candidates can break votes and lose an

alternative which is less common. Which is related to ways people choose for their bet.

In 1995, the voters' behavior upon choosing a candidate is based on popularity,

endorsement of traditional networks, and characteristics that can benefit the voter, and

lastly, party program. In 2003, the electors chose this sequence; characteristics that

benefit the voter, political machinery, popularity, and endorsement of networks.

Although 2003 signified a change of perception, only 39.98 percent of the mass knew

about the provisions in voting, whilst in 1995, 59.9 percent of the electors were aware.

Since the Commission on Election is accountable over the punishment given to

offenders, from 1995, 8.2 claimed that it acted, 15.6 argued they did not, 31.1 were not

knowledgeable and 45.1 were silent over the matter. In 2003, the statistics were

changed to 7.3, 20.6, 36.8, 35.3 in accordance with the aforementioned sequence.

Last 2016, over 81 percent voters participated which caused a record breaking figure.

In the last election, it was an eye to eye between Grace Poe and Rodrigo Duterte, and

as a result, Duterte won despite a campaign marred by rape jokes, death threats, and

various obscenities (Campbell, 2016). He captivate the voters' interest upon choosing
Rodrigo was his personality and popularity among his supporters which  is deemed as

an example of a flawed voting behavior. There are various factors about why

uneducated voters exist in the Philippines e.g.; poverty, vote buying, political

dynasties, and the benefits given by the candidates to its targets. The first factor that

affects the voters' decision is money, for they lack the means to provide their needs

such as food, education, and shelter. Poverty is very common in our country and it

also holds the greatest portion of reason on why Filipinos are easily bribed. They use

the money given to them to buy something they want or need instead of thinking and

voting wisely for a better political leader to make a better future for their area. Next is

political dynasty, because of the good image from a political ancestor or probably that

ancestor is influencing others when he was still in his position, his descendant who is

running in the current candidacy is favored by the mass, yet the good image his

ancestor created. And last factor is the benefits given by the candidates, there is

always conscience that resides among us. Due to the help and benefits the political

candidate gave to his targets (e.g. typhoon victims) when he was running for the

election, made a huge impact to the people who received the news about what he did.

The voters who were helped by the political candidate, will vote for him in exchange.

All of these are commonly happening however, could be raised and changed. Every

vote is significant, it should be used rightfully -- wherein you could make a step to the

better future or pull down to its fallen dawn. Valuing one’s vote could mark something

that reshape a country, and it is crucial to learn how to choose the right candidate, as

he or she would hold our status for years.

 The proper thing to do in preventing such unjustifiable instances during elections

is to educate people in voting and remind them the possible long-term effects of their

vote. Let them seek the longer outcome to every individual and for the country, not

only for shortcomings. This is the best way to avoid flaws in voting: be educated. In

terms of political affection, cynicism and negative attitudes in third persons are linked

positively to improved voting effectiveness and the desire to vote. With voting

efficiency, cynicism has both negative and positive relations. Apathy is attributed to

decreased voting effectiveness and to effectiveness favorably linked to voting

intentions. It has been hypothesized that such unfavorable political emotions appear to

enhance the intent of young people to take part in the elective process rather than

dampen it. Electors who think they can see the myths they think politicians teach them

in the newspapers tend to be more likely to accept their participation can change.

(Austin & Pinkleton, 1995). With political science, there are various factors that

emphasize voting: socioeconomic, income, education, occupation, age, gender, race

and ethnicity, and religious convictions. Noticeably, there are many factors that affect

voting that deals with political science. Kittel and Marcinkiewicz (2012) stated that

voting decides both the electoral input and production, that is, the contribution made

by individuals to the aggregate result. Nevertheless, we cannot infer politics on the

distribution of individual choice, except in very simplistic constellations, since the

strategy chosen depends on the relationship of diverse electors who have

heterogeneous interests and form multiple coalitions. Moreover, Munsey (2008)

expressed that personally, the vote is expensive. Registering and learning about the

thoughts of the candidates requires time. On election day, you may have to resign,
wait in long queues or slog over rough conditions, recognizing that the individual votes

will be very impossible to shift between thousands or millions cast. The likelihood that

is going to take the decisive vote in the Presidential election in 2008 is even lower than

the risk of getting hit by a vehicle on the route to voting.

This will determine that political science can obstruct uneducated and injustice

every election year -- when it is on the peak. An informed citizen may have the

smallest effort but the bigger contribution in the country since every vote is important

and voting is remarkable. The research study seeks to enable mass awareness

through instilling the significance of politics to the youth who will serve as the product

of competence and cultivation. The researchers shall measure the comprehensive

capacity of the respondents alongside the factors that will hinder the efficacy of the

implementation.