Older, Male, College-Educated Americans More Into Politics

The biggest indicators for political interest in the United States are older age, male gender and a college education. This is according to a recent survey by Statista Consumer Insights. Among Baby Boomers, 38 percent said they were personally interested in politics, society topics and current world affairs - 10 percentage points more than among Gen X and 22 percentage point above respondents from Gen Z. Americans with a college education (four-year school or higher) were meanwhile 12 percentage points more likely to say they cared about politics and world affairs than those with a high-school education. Males were still 6 percentage point more likely than females to say they were interested.

Among U.S. races and ethnicities, differences in political interest weren't as pronounced, at least not across the board. Among white respondents, 26 percent expressed interest. This number stood at 21 percent for Latinos, 18 percent for Black respondents and 22 percent for other or multiple races. While those describing their political leanings as left were interested in politics 31 percent of the time, 28 percent of those on the right expressed the same sentiment. Interest was lower among centrists.

Religion did not seem to influence interest in politics. However, just under a quarter of Americans overall had a self-decribed interest in politics.