Question

Which of the following activities are considered political participation? Select all that apply.

voting
working for a political party
volunteering at a church group
playing on a local basketball team
volunteering at a charity road race
writing letters to the Congressmen

Answer 1

Voting, working for a political party, volunteering at a church group and writing letters to the Congressmen are considered as political participation.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Political participation can be understood as any act of political process for the purpose of making his actions known.

• Political participation mainly has four forms which are 'voting', 'protest', 'public consultations' and 'jury duty'.

• These actions can be simply understood as the actions carried out by the ordinary citizens that can affect the political situation of a country or state which are known as political participation.

• Apart from the four major actions of political participation, there are several other forms like writing letter to public official, holding a public post, volunteering in social or political activities, etc.