Predicting Political Involvement through Demographics, Overall Involvement, and Political Interest

Predicting, and defining, political involvement can differ from source to source. In this analysis, different kinds of previously used political involvement characteristics were combined to create a scale that should provide a more complete picture of what political involvement is. Three reduced models with characteristics that have been found to predict involvement in previous research were tested for utility. None of the reduced models (demographics, general involvement, and political interest) were as useful as the full model in predicting involvement. But, political interest was more useful than the other two reduced models. This suggests that although demographics and involvement are important in the relationship, political alone may matter more. Further research, involving political involvement scales, should be explored to determine what kinds of involvement is predicted by what kinds of characteristics.

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