The responses to this question have been the same within a few percentage points since we began asking this question in the Fifth survey. Younger respondents were less likely to think that elected officials cared what they thought than older respondents. Of those who have sent mail, most have sent one or two messages.
Older respondents are more likely to have emailed elected officials than younger respondents.
On one hand this is not surprising given that older people are traditionally more likely to write to elected officials, but it is interesting that this activity carries over to email as well. These are the same three that topped the list in the Sixth survey. In general, older respondents report visiting political web sites more frequently than younger respondents. This is the same percentage as was reported in the Sixth survey. Older respondents are much more likely to spend time reading political material than younger respondents.