The Effect of the Social Factors on the Formation of the Political Stands(A Field Study Within the City of Mosul)

This paper tries to study the nature of political situation of citizens,plus the factors affecting it. The search included a sample of (150) participants representing the social classes of Mosul city in its different poor,medium and rich parts.
For this purpose,we used random class sample,questionnaire consisting of 18 items,percentage,mathematical medium,and deviational criterion for analyzing and describing the obtained information.
Among the significant results shown in this search is that 81 of the investigated people,that’s 54% affirmed that the individuals belonging to political parties,association,communities have an effect on their political stands. While 21% of about 14% didn't agree with that,and 48 of them that’s 32% agree with it relatively.
It appeared that 98 of the participants of 65% emphasized that the political news broadcasted via media affect on creating the individuals political stand. While 13 of them i.e. 9% did not agree with that. It became clear that 82 of the participants in the survey with 55% affirm that individuals involvement in the social centers play a role in establishing the political stands,while 27 of them of 18% don’t agree with that,where as 51 of them that’s 43% emphasized that the individuals interest in the political issues has an effect on creating his political stand,38 which is 25% of them didn’t agree with that. The search concluded with a number of recommendations related to the different sectors of society.