PENGARUH POLITICAL EFFICACY TERHADAP INTERPERSONAL TRUST PADA RELAWAN TOKOH POLITIK

Political understanding shows an individual's ability to understand political developments that occur, so that they exist interpersonal trust is the basis for individuals to assess trust in political figures. The aim of this research is to determine the effect political efficacy to interpersonal trust on political volunteers. The research design uses non-experimental quantitative methods. The subjects of this research were 259 volunteer political figures using sampling techniques accidental sampling. Subject criteria include currently or having volunteered to support a political figure who will nominate for president in the 2024 election, participating as a participant or organizer of political figure volunteer activities and having expressed support for a particular political figure on social media and in person. The measuring instruments used in this research are the Political Efficacy Scale 21 (EP-21) and scaleInterpersonal Trust (ITS). The data analysis technique uses a simple linear regression test. The results of the analysis show that there is a significant positive influence political efficacy to interpersonal trust. This means that with increasing political efficacy of interpersonal trust will also experience an increase.