Analysis of the Voting Behaviour (Case Study: the Tenth Presidential Elections in Haris Election Constituency

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Masoud Jaafarinejad ¹ , Haydar Babanasab ² , Shahriar Rabiei ³

1 - ([e-mail]). استادیار و عضو هیأت علمی گروه علوم سیاسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شهرضا
2 - ([e-mail]) . دانشجوی دکترای علوم سیاسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شهرضا
3 - ([e-mail]) . 3 . دانشجوی دکترای علوم سیاسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شهرضا

Received: 2011-04-06 Accepted : 2011-08-20 Published : 2011-12-01

Keywords: culture, elections, elections behaviour, president, traditional culture,

Abstract :

Elections are one of the most important symbols of democracy in contemporary societies and it is the biggest sign of people’s presence for determing their political destiny. The elections in Iran with a century old precedent is now the biggest symbol for choosing one person as the highest executive post and the second highest person in the country. The analysis of elections behaviour as a political action has attracted the attention of political scientists and sociologist. In this regard، several theoratical frameworks have been offered but among them، the sociological model is having greater importance. In this model، more attention is paid to the role of social and cultural structures on political decisions. The present article wants to show the impact of traditional culture on voting behaviour in Haris election constituency. Besides that، the study examines other variables like social class، adherence to religious values، propaganda، gender، age and their role in determining political tendencies and behaviour. The type of research is developmental-applied and the methodology used is descriptive-analytical and fieldwork. The findings of the study are as follows: The people of Haris election constituency are under the influence of traditional culture like common language، common ethnicity which leads to a particular political behaviour. The above factors are very effective in their voting. There is a relation between the political behaviour of the voters in the election constituency of Haris and their belief in religious values. The voter’s behaviour is under the influence of religion and religious beliefs. Propaganda plays a minor role as compare to other factors in affecting the political behaviour of the voters. By studying the social economic and cultural conditions of the voters، one can come to know and predict the political orientation of them