PARTISANSHIP EVOLUTION: THE POLITICAL

BELIEFS & STANDS

OF COLLEGE STUDENTS OF COLEGIO DE SAN
JUAN DE LETRAN-MANILA

Lepiten, Rosalito P.

PL3A/B.A Political Science



 Chapter I
Introduction
 Introduction
• Students' choices of Politicians have also
proved that college students do have a wise
decision in choosing their candidates that
could positively influence the political arena
of the state and that can also do good for the
state. (Ex. late Sen. Miriam Santiago).
 Introduction
• It is inevitably natural that there is always a
partisanship in college students' political
beliefs and stands that caused them into a
division and created them into numerous
groups of political supporters which soon
then became political armies.
 Introduction
• The issue of this study pertains to how will
the partisanship of college students in terms
of their different political beliefs and stands
affect their essence of professionalism, their
proper political engagement, their
relationship towards the opposing parties
and their political approach using their
 Objectives
• The purpose of this study is to identify and examine
how will the partisanship when it comes to different
political characters and political stands and beliefs of
the college students of Colegio De San Juan De
Letran affect their professionalism, their educational
attainment, and their political influence towards the
public using their political knowledge and
awareness. In this study following questions below
are being asked and aim to be answered.
 Research questions

1. What is the basis of college students

when it comes to their political beliefs
and stands towards a particular political
party or politician?
 Research questions

2. How will their political beliefs and

stands reflect their own attitudes and
moral values in school, in public, and their
home?
 Research questions

3. How helpful are their political

awareness and knowledge for the
formation of the political awareness of
the Public?
 Literature Review
Students Engagement to Politics

As a college student, she has a high interest in

politics because she is always interested in the local
political affairs in her state. She is also interested in
the federal government’s movement in her country,
especially its impact on her daily life (Emily, 2020)
 Literature Review
Students Engagement to Politics

Civic engagement through public voluntarism are

possible predictors of the college students political
engagement, this could also be a relevant basis for the
prediction of college students political involvement.
Inside home, family discussion of politics can also
contribute to the young people in developing their
interest in politics (Kate and Wilson, 2004)
 Literature Review
Students Socio Political Attitudes

This present generation of college students have

grown-up with the values of being open minded to
the society in terms of societal issues like different
races of people, religious beliefs, and sexual
orientations. College students have less-cynical
behavior, more hopeful and more socially active and
responsible (Santos, 2004)
 Literature Review
Students Socio Political Attitudes

College students are optimistic, self confident,

independent, and goal oriented. Today’s students
also have mastery in computers and different
modern technologies which they can use in political
engagement. They are known to be the multimedia
generation (Reyes, 2001)
 Literature Review
Students Political Movements and
Partisanships
Since the creation of Facebook in 2004, social media platforms
have increased in various numbers which have been also
subscribed by many users across the United States which
majority are college students and now, social media is being
part of political platforms. Through this, citizens especially
youths and college students can easily obtain information and
can quickly interact with whoever they want in just a matter of
seconds (Maas, 2018)
 Literature Review
Students Political Movements and
Partisanships
Competition in political parties has fueled a partisan
conflict because it raises the political stakes for every
political policy issue. More than that, constituents
and supporters of the political parties will remain
loyal to that political party that they rather choose to
change their position on a policy issue that switches
another party (Maas, 2018)
 Literature Review
Students Political Movements and
Partisanships
Negative partisanship of different political parties supporters
emerge when the partisan identities of voters are strongly
related to other salient and political characteristics. In a
research conducted by Politico, it was discovered that since the
year of 1980, supporters of both major political parties,
including independent which leaning one to party or another,
have grown to strongly dislike opposite party and its elected
officials more that they like their own party and its elected
 Methods
Research Design

Phenomenological research
method in order to virtually
collect datas through interviews
directly from the respondents.
 Methods
Sampling

The researcher will randomly

interview at least 50 participants
in order to summarize their
response that could address the
topic of this research.
 Methods
Population

The college students of Colegio

de San Juan de Letran located in
Intramuros Manila ranging from
1st year college up to 3rd year.
 Methods
Analytical Procedure

The researcher will collect datas

from past case studies that are
similarly related to this research
topic in order to understand the
situations of those involved in the
Thank You!
Lepiten, Rosalito P.

PL3A/B.A Political Science