Negative vote: Analysis of political behavior Candidates for the Islamic Council elections
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Attaullah
Khalili
1
(PhD student in the field of cultural management and planning, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan branch (Khorasgan))
saeed
sharifi
2
(Associate Professor and Faculty Member of the Department of Cultural Management, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Iran;)
lotfolah
forouzandehdehkordi
3
(Associate Professor, Department of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: Negative vote, phenomenology, political behavior, elections, Islamic Council,
Abstract :
The negative vote is one of the significant topics in the field of political and social studies, which will be more important during the elections. Therefore, the political behavior of election candidates is recognized as a strategic issue for democratic systems. Based on this, the current research seeks to answer the question, what is the political behavior of the candidates of the Islamic Council elections that provokes the negative vote? The research method is descriptive phenomenology; The tool for collecting information was a semi-structured interview in the research sample of 14 candidates of the Islamic Council, which was carried out using the collage analysis method. Validation of research data was done through external auditors, returning to the interviewees and in-depth description. The results showed that factors such as capturing emotions, favoring one's own interests, elitism, announcing saviorism, managing rumors and purifying and reproducing negative social capital as the political behavior of candidates for the Islamic Council elections are an effective factor in producing negative votes.