This research looks at the role of digital skills in political behavior in an online environment. It discusses what digital skills are and how they can be measured. Briefly, digital skills are the skills necessary to carryout various tasks and to participate in various activities on the internet. Additionally, this study compares digital skills to that of socioeconomic measures to differentiate them as a separate yet viable predictor of online political behavior. Both are included in a model of political activity to show how digital skills stand out as a predictor of online political activity. Further, this study estimates several additional models that show a consistent relationship with a variety of online political activities, including political activities associated with political donations, political discussions and time-based political acts. The goal of this analysis is to show a link between having higher levels of digital skills and an increase in online political engagement, as well as supporting an argument for the use of a digital skills measure in future studies of online political behavior.