Abstract:
The objectives of this study are 1) to study the political participation of people in Kanthararom District, Sisaket Province and 2) to compare the political participation of people in Kanthararom District, Sisaket Province. The population and samples were voters in the Kanthararom district, Sisaket Province. The sample size was determined according to the formula of Taro Yamana (Taro Yamana, 1973) to 398 samples.
The finding of this study found that the means of political participation of people in Kanthararom District, Sisaket Province is at a low level (x ̅ = 2.41). Regarding to is components of political participation, the results also show as following 1) following political news is high (x ̅ = 3.38), 2) voting presents moderate (x ̅= 3.13), and 3) political parties activities, community participation and monitoring government official contribute at low level (x ̅= 2.04, 1.97, 1.52) respectively. The comparative of political participation of people in Kanthararom District, Sisaket Province, separated by gender, age, status, education, career, and income per month demonstrated statistically significant different at .05.