Demographic Change, Environment Elections and Agenda Setting in Iran

In the last decade, demographic changes towards the gradual aging of the age composition of countries is one of the major issues facing societies and policymakers. One of the areas that is affected by the gradual aging of the population is the attitude towards the environment. The present study examines the effect of population aging on the environmental preferences of society and also the response of changing environmental preferences to the electoral priorities of voters. The research method is based on Kingdon (1984) public policy agenda model-descriptive-analytical that econometric models were used during the research. The information needed to complete the research literature has been collected from reputable databases of international and domestic scientific sources, and to conduct quantitative and qualitative analyzes, researchers have also relied on the design and distribution of questionnaires. The results show that as people get older, they become more concerned about environmental issues and have more environmental concerns. At present, the country's politicians do not believe that environmental concerns are influential in turning people's votes; But if domestic political activists realize the impact of people's attitudes toward the environment, they will adjust their election slogans and policies to suit the will of society.