Abstract:Based on 8181 samples from data of CLDS 2014,this paper studies the impact of social stratification on farmers’ behavior in election participation.The result shows that farmers’ social stratification is a key variable influencing farmers’ political participation.The village elites are most active in political participation,closely followed by large scale operationers,general small scale operationers,people engaged in both agricultural and industrial production,and the offfarm workers.The degree of farmers’ participation in voting is decided by the link of their interests with the village community,which serves as a common logic in their political participation.Thus to stimulate farmers’ passion in voting and promote democracy at a village level,the link between farmers’ interests and village community should be strengthened by improving rural land property system,accelerating infrastructure construction and solidifying the community economy.Incentives and measures should be taken according to interests resorts of farmers of different classes.