A survey of Firoozabad school teacher’s viewtoward political factors which affect the rate ofpeople’s turnout in presidential elections

The main purpose of this research is to study the perceptions of the teachers of Firoozabadschools about the effective political factors in the rate of people’s participation in presidentialelections. A questionaire based on Likert scale with a satisfactory validity was used to conductthis research (chronbach alpha=0/70). The questionnaire had five dimensions which werepolitical awareness , political freedom , political competition , elections security and propaganda.The population of this research was all official teachers of elementary , guidance and high schoolsof Firoozabad. The sample was selected by random – cluster sampling.The results of the research were as follows:1- From among the dimensions of political awareness , people’s awareness of the importanceof participation in election had a maximum mean and precise knowledge of political partiesand groups had a minimum effect on people’s participation. The ANOVA table showed asignificant difference among means at 0.0001.2- All dimensions of political freedom had an effect on people’s participation in elections.The maximum mean was related to the freedom of media and newspapers and theminimum mean was related to the ability of non-governmental political groups. TheANOVA table showed a significant difference among means at 0.0001.3- As for the political competition factor, the maximum mean belonged to the lack ofpolitical organization to control the function of deputies after election, and the minimumeffect related to non-interference of military, governmental and controlling organizationsin favor of any special candidates or groups. The difference among the means was asignificant one at 0.0001.1 4- All dimensions of election security had an effect on people’s participation in elections.
The maximum effect belonged to hiring dependable people to run elections and theminimum effect related to avoiding superficial elections. The ANOVA table showeda significant difference among means at 0.0001.5- All dimensions of propaganda had an effect on people’s participation in elections. Themaximum effect belonged to the vast participation of magazines and newspapers inintroducing candidates, and the minimum effect belonged to political lectures by thecandidates. The difference among means was significant at 0.0001.6- According to the perception of teachers , propaganda had a maximum and political freedomhad a minimum effect on people’s participation in elections. The difference among meanswas significant at 0.0001.