Using the election data collected in 1993, the present study analyzes the influence of gender on communication behaviors, political knowledge, political ideology and related political behaviors. The findings suggest that there are several variables mediating the relationship between gender and political behaviors. Although there are significant differences between male and female voters in the degree of information seeking and political participation, the most important factor contributing to such difference is education, not gender. In addition, educational factor seems to play an important role mediating the effects of gender on voting autonomy. The better-educated female voters are equally active in political participation as male voters, suggesting that most politically-inactive female voters are constrained by structural factors (e.g., the educational level.)