the sense that citizens have the capacity to understand and influence political events

Confidence in one's own ability to understand and to take part in political affairs. The sense that you can make a difference in the political realm. This confidence has remained stable over the past few decades.

This belief has declined in recent years because of public sentiment that the government has become too big to be responsive to your needs.

Working to make a difference in the life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.

admit (a foreigner) to the citizenship of a country.

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom.

open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.

seek to maximize autonomy and freedom of choice, emphasizing political freedom, voluntary association, and the primacy of individual judgment.

holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.

process through which you develop your political ideology

all influences in political socialization process

person very likely to vote

person less likely to vote

the older you are, the more educated you are, the more often you attend place of worship (religiousity)

a long-lasting effect of the events of a particular time on the political opinions of those who came of political age at that time

he discrepancy in opportunities, status, attitudes, etc., between men and women.