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What percentage of American adults contacted a politician, online or offline, in the past 12 months?

20% of American adults contacted a politician, online or offline, in the past 12 months - about 20 in every 100, or 2 in 10. That is the figure published by the General Social Survey for 2024.

Where this number comes from

Survey

General Social Survey

What it measured

GSS 2024 item MODELOBBY (“Has R contacted a politician in last 12 months”), counting responses 1=only offline, 2=only online, 3=both offline and online. Computed from NORC's public-use microdata with the survey weight WTSSNRPS and a Taylor-linearised standard error over the published design variables VSTRAT and VPSU; unweighted n = 1,511.

Population

U.S. adults aged 18 and over

Year

2024

95% confidence interval

17.1% to 22.9% (derived from the published standard error)

NORC at the University of Chicago; public-use microdata, free for research and educational use. Percentages computed here, with attribution.. See the source data

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