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RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Author(s) -
Clark Adrian S.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.1998.tb00483.x
Subject(s) - religiosity , voting , politics , political science , voting behavior , social psychology , psychology , demographic economics , economics , law
The central objective of this paper is to determine whether internal religiosity, or devotionalism, and external religiosity, or church involvement, are associated with three modes of political participation: voting, campaigning, and communal activity. The data for the project are taken from the American National Election Study of 1992. There are several key findings A positive correlation exists between internal religiosity and campaigning for white and upper income respondents. An inverse relationship exists between internal religiosity and voting for the lower income group. External religiosity is positively linked with campaigning for black and lower income respondents, and with voting for whites. External religiosity is also associated with an increased likelihood of engaging in communal activity. This relationship applies consistently across racial and economic categories.