influence of voting behavior on political participation in north sumatera governor election year 2018 particularly in stabat sub-district

the purpose of this research is to analyze influence of voting behavior on political participation in north sumatera governor election year 2018 particularly in stabat sub-district. the research method used is quantitative method. population of this research is all residents of stabat sub-district who have been registered as permanent voters (dpt) in number of 57.181 people (dpt of stabat sub-district in 2018: regional election comission langkat district). sample of this research is taken by using slovin formula with 5% precision and it obtains sample of 397 people. the technique of data collection is through questionnaire and documentation. data analysis is performed through product moment correlation, hypothesis test of t test, f test, and determination test. result of the simultaneous test shows that significant value (sig) in f test is 0,000. because 0,000 0,05 there is significant influence between variable x and variable y in which voting behavior and political participation in north sumatera governor election of 2018. from the product moment correlation test, the most influential approach among the three voting behavior approaches in which sociological (x1), psychological (x2), and rational (x3) towards variable y, voters participation, is the rational approach.