The purpose of this article is to analyze the relationship between political participation and electoral behavior. Empirical evidence comes from a survey conducted in São Paulo by the IBOPE in 1990. The main finding suggests that voting and left-wing trends are correlated. However, this finding does not exclude an association between rightist voting and political participation. In short, few modalities of participation are related to electoral behavior, and political apathy should be correlated with few credibility in politics as mechanism of representation and conflict management.
Political participation; Electoral participation; Associativity; Brazilian politics
