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New generation of voters influenced by education

The new generation of voters used their political and social knowledge to make their impact on the polls this year. The republicans lead the election with a 5% increase over the democrats, putting Bruce Rauner in the place Pat Quinn occupied for a term before.

Over 40% of the DuPage County population casted their vote this past election, “People are not happy with how the country is currently running and they are exercising their right to vote and have their voices heard. I think that the people of our state and the country want to see some things changed and in order to get the people in government’s attention is through casting your votes,” social studies teacher Christopher LeRoy said.

Classes like AP European History, AP Government, and AP US History include mock trials in their curriculum that further a student’s understanding of a certain time period. There’s also student run elections that give kids a hands-on experience in a political campaign.

“It somewhat tends to become who has the most candy, who’s the loudest, who has the most friends, who’s able to be the most charismatic. Sometimes that’s kind of how politicians gain votes,” social studies teacher Susan Fuhrer said.

Teaching students the past and present of our government is crucial in our school. Being that the students graduating are the future of our country and government, a basic understanding of politics and opinionated debates can make a massive impact on the United States.

By Megan Arnold

 

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    Mike G.Nov 19, 2014 at 9:00 am

    It’s quite intriguing, how students are taught politics based on how much candy is given to them or how popular they are. Students need to understand who they are voting for and what exactly is that candidate going to do. For example, people voted Obama because he promised change. Instead, he passes REX 84, an unconstitutional act which he can detain people around the world without due process or trial. Obama has also promised to pass a law to have food GMO labeled, which is a huge controversy over our general health, however, he passes laws which accept the sale of toxic GMO infested food without labeling. Us teenagers are being taught to vote for how popular this person is and actually buy the lies which politicians feed us.

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