Political Branding: The use of campaign color as symbolism of platforms among the presidential candidates in the 2022 elections

Autores/as

  • Christal Jane Alturas University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines.
  • Jessica Khendy Balanza University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines
  • Precious Lyca Cabalse University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines
  • Khrist Jaira Ignacio University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines
  • Alexander Jr Killip Assistant Professor,University of Baguio, Baguio City, Philippines
  • Khristine Claire Nicdao University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48017/dj.v9iSpecial1.2831

Palabras clave:

political branding, presidential campaign, Philippine elections

Resumen

En una naturaleza muy compleja de la política, el color sirve como una heurística de bajo nivel para los votantes, especialmente el uso del color de campaña como simbolismo de las plataformas. Este estudio buscó determinar el nivel de acuerdo sobre el significado universal de los diferentes colores elegidos por los candidatos Presidenciales durante las elecciones nacionales de 2022; el nivel de acuerdo sobre los colores políticos de los candidatos presidenciales y su representación en sus plataformas políticas; y si estos colores políticos elegidos corresponden a las plataformas de los candidatos presidenciales entre los estudiantes de la Escuela de Profesores y Artes Liberales de la Universidad de Baguio. En este estudio se utilizó un método mixto con un cuestionario autoconstruido utilizando la escala Likert para determinar el nivel de acuerdo entre los 143 encuestados y una entrevista a 8 informantes entre los estudiantes. El estudio reveló que el color rojo es el color más mal interpretado debido a sus connotaciones históricas y psicológicas que condujeron a su simbolismo negativo. Mientras que tanto Rosa como Azul, mostraron un resultado positivo por su aspecto psicológico, cultural y político. Además, todos los colores se alinearon con sus plataformas excepto el color Rojo de Marcos con su plataforma sobre Unity. Además, las plataformas de los candidatos presidenciales se basaron en sus factores personales y políticos. En general, la investigación sugiere que todavía no existe un significado establecido para los colores políticos en nuestro país y que los votantes aún no están de acuerdo con lo que realmente representan los colores.

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Biografía del autor/a

Christal Jane Alturas, University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines.

0009-0008-9776-1864; University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines. 2019444@s.ubaguio.edu

Jessica Khendy Balanza, University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines

0009-0007-9745-1555; University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines. 20191074@s.ubaguio.edu

Precious Lyca Cabalse, University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines

0009-0006-1776-1864; University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines. 20190152@s.ubaguio.edu

Khrist Jaira Ignacio, University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines

0009-0003-5551-1345; University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines. 20191074@s.ubaguio.edu

Alexander Jr Killip, Assistant Professor,University of Baguio, Baguio City, Philippines

0009-0000-5213-0745; Assistant Professor,University of Baguio, Baguio City, Philippines, Email: killipalexander1001@gmail.com

Khristine Claire Nicdao, University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines

0009-0008-9776-1864; University of Baguio. Baguio City, Philippines. 20191074@s.ubaguio.edu

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2024-03-10

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Alturas, C. J., Balanza, J. K., Cabalse, P. L., Ignacio, K. J., Killip, A. J., & Nicdao, K. C. (2024). Political Branding: The use of campaign color as symbolism of platforms among the presidential candidates in the 2022 elections. Diversitas Journal, 9(1_Special). https://doi.org/10.48017/dj.v9iSpecial1.2831