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II. CHURCHES AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT EXAMINED
The work of Campbell (2004) entitled Acts of Faith: Churches and Political Engagement examines what appears to be two statements which contradict one another in relation to congregations of the church and mobilizations on the political level. Campbell states that political science students have often held debate over two specific theories: (1) churches encourage their congregations to become involved in politics; and (2) churches attempt to persuade their members to withdraw from political life. (Campbell, 2004) Data utilized in this study was from the Citizen Participation Study as well as two Alabama elections. The hypothesis stated by Campbell (2004) suggests that the degree of involvement of members in mainstream Catholic and Protestant churches resulted in their activity in the community and political activities to be lessened

III. RELEVANCE OF LARGE SOCIAL-NETWORKING INVOLVEMENT
The work of McClurg (2006) entitled: The Electoral Relevance of Political Talk: Examining Disagreement and Expertise Effects in Social Networks on Political Participation states the theory that individuals who participate in social networks have a higher level of political sophistication are more likely than are others to be politically involved. (p. 737) It is stated in the work of McClurg that

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