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Here are some different forms of political and social action that people can take. Please indicate, for each one, whether you have done any of these things in the past year, whether you have done it in the more distant past, whether you have not done it but might do it, or have not done it and would never, under any circumstances, do it. F. Donated money or raised funds for a social or political activity

Have you donated money or raised funds for a social or political activity?

Donated money or raised funds for social or political activity · Asked in 2 waves, 2004–2014 · 2,736 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Have not done it and would never do it28%

Have not done it but might do it28%

Have done it in the more distant past21%

Have done it in the past yr23%

Shares in 2014

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

Wave

Have done it in the past yrHave done it in the more distant pastHave not done it but might do itHave not done it and would never do it

Group		Have done it in the past yr	Have done it in the more distant past	Have not done it but might do it	Have not done it and would never do it	n	MoE
All respondents		23%	21%	28%	28%	1264	±3
Liberals

General Social Survey 2014 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.

Answers as the source codes them

Have done it in the past yrHave done it in the more distant pastHave not done it but might do itHave not done it and would never do itCan't choose (non-answer)No answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 2014	2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13	face to face	2,538	1,264
General Social Survey 2004	2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04	face to face	2,812	1,472