The Study of Target Groups (Subject to Social Exclusion) in Tenth Parliament Election Campaign in Tehran

The main question of this research is how individual candidates, political coalitions and the elected persons concerned with the target groups in their campaigns in Tenth Parliament Election in Tehran? A sample of campaign items of candidates, political parties and groups including 391 individual candidates and 23 parties and groups is studied. Content analysis is elected for analyzing the data. In this research, 10 groups identified as main groups subject to social exclusion: the religious and ethnic minorities, illiterate people, young people, unemployed people, poor, patients, elderly people, women, children and disabled people. The findings show the main concern of candidates was with young people and unemployed people, and then, with poor, women, patients, elderly people, children and disabled people. The religious and ethnic minorities, and illiterate people never mentioned in election campaigns.