The effect of quality of life on voting behavior of votes: The case of Mersin

In this study, the relationships between the quality of life of urban individuals living in Mersin who show voter Deciency and which factors they take into account when voting in elections were examined. Quality of life, which is a social concept, is also a political phenomenon. One of the most important building blocks of political science is voting behavior. With the spread of voting behavior and voter rights, the literature on the subject has been enriched and various models have been developed. The developed models contain many different quality of life indicators within them. It has been tried to understand the change in voting behavior in the event of an increase or decrease in the quality of life. The working group of the research are the people who show voter qualification. The reason why the study was conducted in the center of Mersin is that the center of Mersin is a very cosmopolitan area, which receives intensive migration and where there are people who show different voter characteristics from each other. The data were collected by the questionnaire technique, which is one of the quantitative research techniques. The reason for using the quantitative method is to establish a relationship between hypotheses and to show that the research has an explanatory research Deciency. The technique of the research is the survey technique, which is a quantitative method technique. The universe of the research is the people who are located in the city center of Mersin and show voter qualifications. The sample of the research is 500 people located in the city center, which was decided by systematic sampling technique, since the population over the age of 18 will be studied. The study was conducted in the districts of Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir, which are defined as the central districts of Mersin. It is also aimed to develop a typology related to voting behavior with the data obtained from the research. As a result of the research, remarkable findings have been reached. There are significant relationships between the participants' quality of life levels and Deciency voting criteria. In particular, health, working life, income, education, housing, social life and lifestyle are important indicators of quality of life. In addition, it has been observed that urban individuals take into account more party-oriented voting criteria. In the first place, party ideology, party leader and past services of the party were found to be important voting criteria.