YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Youth political participation, social engagement, and extremism  183 Figure 4.7: Candidacy for political functions in the future (and in the past). 20% 30% 10% 60% 40% 50% 70% Definitely not Not likely Very likely Yes, definitely 59.9 31.8 6.1 2.2 0% Source: Mladina 2020 Other forms of political participation showquite similar patterns.When it comes to participating in the activities of political parties, which can take place in person or online, there is an obvious relative lack of young people’s interest in political parties. Only 27.1% of young people have already or would probably participate in the activities of political parties, and it should be noted that only 4% of young people have actually done so. The same can be seen in contacting politicians, which is considered to be one of the most conventional forms of political participation, which has never really been established in Slovenia. The percentage of young peo- ple who have already or would probably be politically active in this way is 31.8%. On the other hand, again, just over 4% of those have actually already done so. Signing petitions is another of the most conventional forms of political participation, which is also widespread among young people in Slovenia today. As many as 83.6% of respondents from the Mladina 2020 survey stated that they are either already or likely to sign the petition. There are as many as 43.6% of those who have already signed a petition, either on- line or in person, which indicates that it is one of the most established forms of participation. This form of participation is also quantitatively comparable to the measurement in 2010, when there were only a few per- cent fewer respondents, who had signed a petition or were likely to do so.