Many studies on this topic have been done looking at political efficacy and how that relates to political participation. One such study by John C. Pierce and Addison Carey Jr. did just this. This study defined efficacy as, “the feeling that a person can influence political outcomes through his participation” (Pierce and Carey 1971, 202). Their examination looked at four main problems: (1) how much are individuals participating, (2) analyze political efficacy and how that relates to traditional and nontraditional participation, (3) relate efficacy to the types of problems which blacks are concerned about, and (4) look at how efficacy and voter registration experiences influence each other. For the purpose of this paper the findings are not that important, but it is most important to n

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