YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Youth political participation, social engagement, and extremism  179 Figure 4.5: I trust... 20% 5% 15% 10% 25% Political parties Politics in general Political leaders I do not trust at all 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I completely trust I don't know, I'm not familiar 3.1 6.6 9.3 19.3 12.5 13.3 13.9 7.1 13.3 2.7 6.3 10.8 16.1 12.5 15 13.8 7.2 14.4 3.2 10.4 10.3 17.9 8.7 11.4 9.0 6.1 15.3 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.5 1.5 1.3 1.7 5.4 0% Source: Mladina 2020 4.3  THE LEVEL OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN SLOVENIA Within political theory, political participation overlaps and intertwines with other recognizable concepts such as democracy, electoral participa- tion, models of representation, and so on. Above all, voter participation originates from political participation and is described as one of the most conventional forms thereof. The purpose or consequence of such an activ- ity is to influence public decisions or measures directly by influencing the