However, in spite of their apparent interest in politics, political knowledge is somewhat lower among under-18s compared to the other three groups of young voters.
We include variables that measure attention paid to politics and political knowledge, since higher levels of each should decrease 'don't know' responses.
I measure self-awareness of political knowledge by eliciting respondent certainty about answers to 24 factual questions about politics.
Political knowledge, Achen and Bartels argue, "enhances bias".
It's not because of differences in political knowledge.
A sample of 226 undergraduate students completed an online survey on political knowledge and efficacy.
Switching Newsnight on in the background while doing homework helped nourish political knowledge.
And cable news is not the sole driver of political knowledge.
("Rain Man," NBC's Brian Williams jokingly called Matthews, referring to his breadth of political knowledge).
She warned that photographic knowledge "can never be ethical or political knowledge".
He has just said that he doubts his mum's political knowledge.
