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This study investigates how Daegu, Osaka and Kaohsiung residents perceive the usefulness of local politics and what factors are associated with this perception by using survey data. The usefulness of local politics means residents’ recognition about the relationship between local politics and their daily life. The research result shows that the perceived usefulness of Osaka and Kauhsiung residents is higher than that of Daegu residents. And the local election factor has the greatest impact on the perceived usefulness of local politics. Among the sub-factors of local elections, the interest in local elections and internal election efficacy have a strong influence. But the influence of the local council factor is not significant or smaller than that of a local election factor. In other words, residents’ internal factors have a more powerful influence than the extrinsic factors on the perceived usefulness of local politics. These results suggest that it is necessary to do the behavioral study of residents as well as to make an effort for improvement of local political system.