ABSTRACT
Chapter 5 explores the internal political conversations that agents conduct silently in their heads. Documenting internal political conversations, I argue, enhances our understanding of how people engage in political deliberations; how they think about the things they care or feel strongly about; and how they make sense of their own political behaviour in relation to the world around them. This chapter discusses the findings from 12 in-depth qualitative interviews that were conducted to document, explore, and understand what the internal conversation is and its potential role in understanding contemporary forms of political behaviour. The chapter also provides a discussion of the methodology used to access the internal political conversation.
