List of political activities ordered by actual effects on the world, more to less: 1) involvement in local politics (say, with a party or with advocacy groups)

List of political activities ordered by actual effects on the world, more to less: 1) involvement in local politics (say, with a party or with advocacy groups), 2) voting in local politics, 3) involvement in state or national politics, ... 1,000) voting in state or national elections. You're arguably a better citizen if you ignore everything past your county or metro area entirely but get really involved in the local stuff—internal party activity, commission meetings, GOTV, activism, that kind of thing, maybe even run for office—compared with your average only-votes-every-two-years-at-best-but-reads-the-NYT folks. Caring about Federal politics, unless you get really involved, only makes sense as entertainment or out of some kind of categorical-imperative obligation.