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Last updated on Tuesday, October 28, 2014
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana residents are far less engaged in politics and contribute less money to political campaigns than nearly every other state in the U.S., according a study released Monday.
The study, conducted by personal finance website Wallet Hub, ranked Indiana 45th in the U.S. in overall political engagement, just ahead of Tennessee, Utah, Texas, Hawaii, Oklahoma and last-place West Virginia.
States and the District of Columbia were ranked on six criteria, with the overall ranking an aggregate of results from those findings.
The measurements included the percentage of registered voters during the 2012 presidential election and the total political contributions per adult population.
Indiana ranked near the bottom of the lowest percentage of citizens who voted in the 2010 midterm election (48th) and lowest total political contributions per adult population (49th).
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Fewer numbers of eligible voters have been casting ballots in the U.S., a trend that began in the 1960s.
Wallet Hub's analysis placed heavier weight on the percentage of people who voted in the 2010 midterm and the percentage of people who voted in the 2012 presidential election.
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