’Political actions of civic engagement or political participation can include every action that is related to change in public opinion and has a connection with a message towards a public institution. However according to literature the list of examples of political participation is virtually endless and includes activities such as voting, demonstrating, donating money, contacting a public official and boycotting, but it also includes guerilla gardening, volunteering, attending flash mobs, buying fair-trade products, and even suicide protests” (van Deth, 2016: 1158-1159).

More examples for political actions might include: promoting voting on elections, proposing a policy change or a research paper on proposing a policy change, calling out institutions in the social media to react on a certain problem, etc. In general, acts that are targeting public institutions, and influence the legislation (laws, strategies, action plans, budgets, etc.)  are considered to be a political act.

Political civic engagement also starts at home.......have you voted in your local Student Government Association elections?  Or attended a meeting to see what they're doing lately?

Below, you'll see more about ways to stay informed about and even participate in governance and politics, from FSU, all the way out to the National level.