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Abstract

The present article exposes a descriptive analysis on the political participation of 360 University Youngsters, of 12 Faculties of the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico; with regard to electoral and party participation. Throwing the results a high abstentionism, or no participation in any formula of political party in the entity with 75% (271 interviewed), of which 6.8% represented Social Work students (23 interviewed). While in global terms the political party that maintains its dominance in vote, affiliation and militancy was the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) with 13.8% (50 interviewed), maintaining with it, its hegemony in the entity among the youngest voters. The results suggest a greater role and leadership of social work professionals, who should contribute to the generation of a culture of political participation of young people, in which the great premises of democracy and social welfare are privileged, through of citizen participation. Finally, ways of intervention should be sought from this discipline, where platforms or methodologies are generated that affect the participation of university students in the entire political culture of the entity.