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I think I have average or below-average involvement.
Maybe it would be better to ask about the hours/year spent on politics.
For comparison what would you say the average persons level of involvement in politics consists of? (To avoid contamination, don't research or overthink the question just give us the average you were comparing yourself to).
Edit: The intuitive average other commenters compared themselves to would also be of interest.
Good question. I don't know what the average person's involvement is, and I seem to know a lot of people (at least online) who are very politically involved, so I may be misestimating whether my political activity is above or below average.
On posting this I made the prediction that the average assumed by most lesswrong commenters would be above the actual average level of participation.
I hypothesise this is because most LW commenters come from relatively educated or affluent social groups, where political participation is quite high. Whereas there are large portions of the population who do not participate at all in politics (in the US and UK a significant percentage don't even vote in the 4-yearly national elections).
Because of this I would be very sceptical of self reported participation levels, and would agree a quantifiable measure would be better.