1. Other forms of Political Participation

2. There are many ways to participate in in the democratic political system other than voting in elections

3. Becoming a member of a political party

4. Wearing a badge at election time or putting up a poster

5. Seeking election to the Westminster Parliament/Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish devolved bodies or to a local council

6. Membership of a pressure group

7. Attending a meeting, distributing leaflets, canvassing on doorsteps, writing to your elected representatives (or ministers, or councillors or a newspaper)

8. Participating in an opinion poll or focus group

9. Taking direct action (sit in protest, anti war march, scribbiling or graffiti-ing political slogans, going on strike, chaining yourself to railings, damaging property or rioting against the government)

10. Political violence, ranging from kidnapping a individual, detonating bombs or hijacking a plane

11. Orthodox forms of participation have declined in recent years. Figures for electoral turnout, party membership and doorstep canvassing are all down These are signs of public disengagement from the traditional democratic process