A Comparative Study of the Spatial Pattern of Political Participation Citizens of Kashan, Aran and Bidgol

In recent decades, citizens' political participation has been considered by thinkers as a key component of socio-political development. Citizen participation brings legitimacy to the political system. Political participation is deeply and inextricably linked to the most important issues in political science and sociology, such as parties, pressure groups, the relationship between people and government, civil society, demographic characteristics, and the like. In this regard, elections are the most important tool for achieving political participation and the emergence of democracy. The main purpose of this article is a comparative study of the spatial pattern of political participation between Kashan, Aran and Bidgol. This study is a survey and a questionnaire technique has been used to collect research data. The statistical population of the study is citizens over 21 years of age in Kashan, Aran and Bidgol in 1399. 870 questionnaires were distributed and out of this number, 834 questionnaires were selected and studied as a research sample. The validity of the research variables has been confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The findings of the study, while confirming the differences in personality traits, level of trust in the political system, social capital and political awareness and political sociability among the citizens of the two cities, show that the political participation of Aran and Bidgol citizens is higher than Kashan.