Effect of political leader on decision making process

Elections for representative democracies are the legitimacy sources of power. Political elections are important for these kind of democracies. Understanding the behavior of the voters who are the main actors of the political elections, is also of interest to the parties and leaders who want to take power. There are many factors affecting voter behavior. Mainly age, gender, family, environment, income level and education are among these factors. However, today's electorate's security concern and strong state demand have led us to think that the leading factor in voting behavior is more effective. Moreover the demand for a strong leader shows a general tendency in the voters of almost all countries on political cultures. Within the scope of the claim of the thesis summarized above; It has also been proved by the surveys that the most important factor affecting the voter behavior is political leader but this effect cannot be explained only by political culture, the security concern of today, the voters shape the voting behavior by considering the political leader.