The research does not focus on social or psychological characteristics that can also be determinant for the
formation of political preferences. The present paper focuses on the role of information in networks and its
influence on people’s political preferences. The definition of political involvement in politics and in political
information is a wide notion that combines information management, action, activity as well as participation.
Respondents may focus on all or on some aspects of this definition when they answer the questionnaire. The
results reveal the importance of the information that constitutes part of the involvement in politics. People
evaluate positively and accept the influence from those who manage the political knowledge. The results depict
that in comparison with the gender, the relationship, the sphere of action, information remain the main factor of
influence for people in order to form their political preferences. This characteristic is much more intense when
people are asked to evaluate those “who will be influenced more”. The results reveal the importance of the
information when someone “receives” the influence and that is why we have higher values. The results of the
total sample show that people who know about politics that means people who can have access to sources of
information, people who participate in political activities and manage information, people who exchange political
information via political action, can exert political influence on others. On the contrary politically less involved