Measuring the political tendencies of reformism and fundamentalism of citizens in terms of the amount of social capital in the presidential elections of the Islamic Republic of Iran

In the present study, the effect of social capital on the political tleaning of reformism and fundamentalism of the citizens of Khuzestan province was examined. In this regard, the polarization of the political tendencies of reformism and fundamentalism of the citizens during the 3 elections of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1997, 2005 and 2013) was designed and analyzed according to the amount of social capital. Data analysis was assisted by regression tests, F analysis, T test, and structural equation analysis in the form of SPSS and PlS- Smart software. The statistical population of this study was the citizens of Khuzestan province and the statistical sample of 5 cities had a population of more than 100,000 people. The necessary information was collected using a questionnaire and a possible multi-stage method. Then, to obtain the validity or validity of the data, the SVR criterion and the experimental criterion criterion were used as standard. Using the results of the study, it was found that the dichotomy of reformist and fundamentalist political tendencies is completely influenced by the amount of social capital in different areas of the statistical community and a significant relationship between this type of political leaning and social capital was confirmed according to demographic variables. . Also, the compass index of political leanings showed that the highest and lowest political affiliations affected by social capital were seen in the political tendencies of reformism and fundamentalism of the citizens of Khuzestan, respectively.