POLS 207 Lecture 9: 09_Participation1
24 Jun 2016
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Political participation is taking part in activities related to governance. a. i. 1. Helping those who are running for office b. iii. Person may have a strong attachment to a particular issue and feels the need to get behind it and push for the candidate with the same view b. iii. 3. b. iii. 4. Officials reach out to supporters in various ways. Happens at all levels of government: types of political participants c. i. Inactive (hold the largest percentage of political participation) c. i. 1. do not participate (h) c. ii. Write letters about a particular issue and that"s it (e) c. iv. Vote (a), campaign (b), display bumper stickers (c), give $ (d), talk politics (g) c. v. communalist (issue driven) (3rd largest) c. v. 1. Vote (a), write letters (e), attend marches (f) c. vi. Vote (a), campaign,(b) wear t-shirt (c), give $ (d) , write letters (e), attend marches (f), talk politics (g) (or most of them): Why people participate (or don"t: what they say a. i.
