Involvement and Influence

	% Comp	Index
Public Activities (past 12 months)
Engaged in one or more public activities past 12 months (net)	88.6%	116
Wrote/emailed elected official	33.3%	169
Wrote/emailed editor newspaper/magazine	15.7%	131
Voted in a public election	73.9%	119
Took active role in civic, social issue	30.2%	213
Written article/book for publication	6.0%	226
Actively worked for political party or candidate	8.0%	238
Held or ran for public office	2.9%	614
Gave speech/addressed public meeting	19.6%	184
Took active role in environmental cause	17.1%	296
Served on company Board of Directors	8.9%	159
Served on Board of Directors of charity or other civic organization	18.8%	242
Worked 10+ hours a month for non-political charitable organization	25.8%	175
Engaged in two or more activities (net)	63.3%	162
Engaged in three or more activities (net)	43.0%	215

Source: 2008 Ipsos Mendelsohn Natural History Subscriber Study. Indexes based on 2008 Mendelsohn Affluent Survey

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