GSS 1972-2021 Cumulative Datafile

341. How interested are you in politics and national affairs?

342. During elections, do you ever try to show people why they 
should vote for one of the parties or candidates?

343. Have you done (other) work for one of the parties or 
candidates in most elections, some elections, only a few, or 
have you never done such work?

344. In the past three or four years, have you attended any 
political meetings or rallies?

345. Have you ever personally gone to see, or spokent to, or 
written to some member of local government or some other person 
of influence in the community about some needs or problems?

345a. If Yes: was this need or problem primarily of concern to 
you, your friends and family, or was it an issue of wider 
concern?

346. What about some representatives or governmental officials 
outside of the local community? Have you ever contacted or 
written to such a person on some need or problem?

346a. If yes: Was this need or problem primarily of concern to 
you, your friends, and family, or was it an issue of wider 
concern?