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How Involved Are You?

What's Your Involvement?

  • Sign a petition OR Contact a national, state or local government official about an issue

    Votes: 11 91.7%

  • Work with fellow citizens to solve a problem in your community

    Votes: 5 41.7%

  • Attend a political meeting on local, town, or school affairs

    Votes: 8 66.7%

  • Contribute to a political candidate or party or any other political organization or cause

    Votes: 7 58.3%

  • Be an active member of a group that tries to influence public policy or government

    Votes: 7 58.3%

  • Addend a political rally or speech

    Votes: 5 41.7%

  • Send a letter to the editor of a newspaper or magizne

    Votes: 5 41.7%

  • Work or volunteer for a political party or candidate

    Votes: 4 33.3%

  • Make a speech about a community or local issue

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Addend an organized protest

    Votes: 2 16.7%
  • Total voters
    12
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I think it is well known that the average American has little to no political involvement, but considering the people on DP tend to be more interested and/or passionate about politics I would think there would be more involvemet among the members here.

Below are the results of a 2009 Pew study, let's see how DP compares. Please select all of the options that apply to you. Because there is a ten question limit here, I have combined "Sign a petition" and "Contact a national, state or local government official about an issue" as they are fairly similar.

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I boycotted the poll since it didn't include the option "whine incessantly online".
 
I was not able to vote since a choice is required.
 
I chose almost all of them. I haven't attended a rally or given a speech. If I'm going to complain, it's going to be to someone besides myself. :D
 
Haven't given a public speech and I'm not sure what "protest" covered (no OWS or chaining myself to anything but have stood with a group holding signs).
 
No international activities?
 
I attend both party caucuses but since I am a registered Libertarian, I cant vote in either caucus in our state. I used to attend the Libertarian party meetings regularly but the reality is they are just as screwed up if not more so than the two main political parties. You can only get told what a 'real' libertarian would believe so many times before you realize they are just as mindlessly ideologically driven as the rest of them. There is a reason why they dont now and likely never will have anything resembling 'representation' in elected bodies.
 
I e-mail or fax my elected officials and occasionally call them. I also sign petitions, those range from putting issues on the ballot to starting recall elections.
 
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