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Attachment to local community<\/strong>: Those who say they feel \u201chighly attached\u201d to their local communities are compared to those who say they feel somewhat or not attached. These groups are referred to throughout the report as \u201cthe highly attached,\u201d \u201cthe somewhat attached\u201d and \u201cthe unattached\u201d<\/p>\n\n Voting in local elections<\/strong>: Those registered voters who always vote in local elections are compared to those who vote less often, not at all or are not registered to vote.<\/p>\n\n Local group and political activity<\/strong>: The civically active \u2013 those who participate in three or more of 13 different civic groups and political activities asked about in the survey \u2013 are compared to those who are somewhat active (participating in one or two activities) or those who are not active (participating in none). 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