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JOURNAL OF YOUTH RESEARCHES
A Research About the Youngs’ Voting Behavior in Local Elections: The Case of 2009, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Election
No relation was found in the ANOVA test between the age of the participants and the
importance of television broadcasts during their election period (F=2.17; sd.=4; P>.05).
The results of the Tukey test indicate that differentiation occurs among students (X=3.41),
retirees (X=3.88) and workers (X=3.86). In other words, elderly people and workers use
television broadcasts more in terms of political information than young people.
A meaningful relationship between the age of participants and the importance of rea-
ding newspapers during the election period could not be determined by the ANOVA test
(F=1.28; sd.=4; P> .05). In other words, voters in different age categories have close to
each other in terms of their giving importance level in reading newspapers for political
information in local elections. Table 2 shows the level of importance attributed by the
participants to reading the newspaper.
Table 2: The Significance of Reading the Newspaper in Voting Decision
Number
Percent(%)
Does not matter
50
4.2
Insignificant
103
8.8
A bit important
367
31.2
Important
488
41.5
Very important
169
14.4
Total
1177
100
Source: Damlapınar and Balcı, 2014:194.
There was no significant relationship between the age values of the participants and
the radio listening (F=1.14; sd.=4; P> .05) during the election period. In this regard, vo-
ters have close to average arithmetic. Participants of the students (X=2.93) and workers
(X=2.93) are less concerned with the radio in terms of political information in the local
election period than the tradesmen (X=3.31).
Table 3 shows the level of importance that participants attribute to internet use for political
information in local elections. No significant relationship was found between the age of
the participants and the importance attributed to internet use during the election period
as a result of the ANOVA test (F=0.48; sd.=4; P> .05) . But here is an important situation in
terms of young voters. There is a significant relationship between the level of education of
the participants and the level of importance attributed to the use of the Internet for political
