A RESEARCH ON 2014 ELAZIG LOCAL ELECTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR

Year 2018, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 1014 - 1045, 29.09.2018

Adem Doğan Göksel Göker

https://doi.org/10.19145/e-gifder.421651

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Political knowledge is a kind of information that voters have about the political system, political developments and
elections. Political knowledge both influences voter behavior and influenced by voter behavior. For this reason,
there is an inevitable relationship between political knowledge and political behavior. In democratic societies, the
shaping of voters' preferences is possible with the political knowledge they possess throughout their lifetime, and
especially in the electoral process. However, the political information that voters have is different from each other
both qualitatively and quantitatively. Therefore the measurement of political knowledge has become one of the main research topics. Determining the level of political knowledge of the electorate on local elections and revealing
the relationship between this level of knowledge and political behavior constitutes the subject of this study.
In this study, it was aimed to determine the level of political knowledge about Elazıg elections, local elections,
political candidates and campaign process in 2014 local elections and to determine socio-demographic variables
affecting this level. Survey technique was applied for collecting in field research. According to the simple random
sample, 1150 people were reached in the research.
According to findings obtained from the research, it was determined that political information shows differences
according to gender, age, education and income status variables. In addition, the result is that the traditional and
new media are the most important means of obtaining information in the process of political information
acquisition.

Keywords

Political Knowledge, Political Behavior, Local Election, Elazığ

SİYASAL BİLGİ VE SİYASAL DAVRANIŞ BAĞLAMINDA 2014 ELAZIĞ YEREL SEÇİMLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Siyasal bilgi; seçmenlerin, siyasal sistem, siyasal gelişmeler ve seçimlere ilişkin sahip olduğu bir bilgi türüdür.
Siyasal bilgi hem seçmen davranışını etkilemekte, hem de seçmen davranışlarından etkilenmektedir. Bu nedenle
siyasal bilgi ile siyasal davranış arasında kaçınılmaz bir ilişki bulunmaktadır. Demokratik toplumlarda, seçmenlerin
tercihlerinin şekillenmesi, yaşamları boyunca sahip oldukları ve özellikle de seçim sürecinde elde ettikleri siyasal
bilgi ile mümkündür. Ancak seçmenlerin sahip olduğu siyasal bilgi, hem niteliksel hem de niceliksel olarak
birbirinden farklılık göstermektedir. Bu nedenle siyasal bilginin ölçülmesi temel araştırma konularından biri haline
gelmiştir. Yerel seçimlere ilişkin seçmenin siyasal bilgi düzeyinin belirlenmesi ve bu bilgi düzeyi ile siyasal
davranış arasındaki ilişkinin ortaya konulması bu çalışmanın konusunu oluşturmaktadır.
Bu çalışmada 2014 yerel seçimlerinde Elazığ seçmeninin, yerel seçimlere, siyasal adaylara ve kampanya sürecine
ilişkin siyasal bilgi düzeyi ve bu düzeyi etkileyen sosyo-demografik değişkenlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Çalışmada alan araştırması yöntemi uygulanmış, bu çerçevede veri toplama aracı olarak da anket tekniğine
başvurulmuştur. Basit tesadüfi örneklem esasına göre uygulanan araştırmada 1150 kişilik bir örneklem grubuna
ulaşılmıştır.
Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre, siyasal bilginin cinsiyet, yaş, eğitim ve gelir durumu değişkenlerine göre
anlamlı ilişki gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca, geleneksel ve yeni medyanın siyasal bilgi edinme sürecinde en
önemli bilgi edinme aracı olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. 

Keywords

Siyasal Bilgi, Yerel Seçimler, Siyasal Davranış, Elazığ

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