Gurbuz, EsenEris, Esra2019-08-012019-08-0120161537-78571537-7865https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15377857.2014.959683https://hdl.handle.net/11480/3724This study examined the relationship between Turkish voters' ethical characteristics and voting tendencies to the political left, right, or center by applying the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ) and Mach IV to the collection of data for analysis from 500 voters in a national election in Turkey. The most significant finding is that there was no statistically meaningful relationship among levels of idealism, relativism, or Machiavellianism and voting tendencies to the political left, right, and center. However, results generated by EPQ and Mach IV questionnaire found that voting tendencies were affected by personal relativism (0.10), followed by Machiavellianism (-0.03) and idealism (-0.03). Results show that respondents' voting tendency was most affected by the level of their personal relativism, but the magnitude of the effect was not statistically significant. The mean scores for Machiavellianism and relativism attributes were on average in the midrange of the scale, while mean scores for idealism show that the participating voters agreed most strongly with the statements relating to the idealism and could be characterized as absolutist by their low relativism and high idealism. The results demonstrate a positive linear relationship, linking both idealism and relativism to Machiavellianism and indicate statistically significant positive correlations among the three variables.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessethicsidealismrelativismMachiavellianismvoting tendencypolitical orientationTurkeyArticle151456910.1080/15377857.2014.9596832-s2.0-84952716514Q1WOS:000399117000003N/A