Attitudes, behavior, and the voting booth People’s attitudes toward political candidates accurately predict voting behavior. Voting possesses all three of the characteristics that maximize the relation between attitudes and behavior: (1) Situational influences are weak (no one can see your vote or disrupt you while you are voting); (2) people pause to think about their attitudes and their choices (voters can take as long as they like, so they have plenty of time to think); (3) attitudes and behavior are equally specific (the candidates you like and dislike are listed on the ballot, for you to choose).