<p>Me and One of my friends at my school are thinking of starting a High school branch of the local Democratic Party [For young ppl it is called "Young democrats"], I already talked with the party chairman that is in the city I live near to (about 150,000 pop. city) and he said he would see about it, and said it might be a good idea. </p>
<p>While I'll be doing it whether or not it goes on the college resume or not, if I put it on there and a Republican Admissions Counseler read it, would they have a strong disdain for that activity since they are afraid i'll be an active democrat in college too?</p>
<p>I know college admissions officers aren't 'supposed' to be partisan, but obviously they would have a strong disdain for anything that hurts their party and party ideals, to advance their political side on campus along with the votes.</p>
<p>So if I do it, should I put it on my resume or not? [Also im starting this in my junior year - is that a negative?]</p>
<p>I believe that even if the admissions officer who goes over your application is a Republican, she will like that you are involved at your age. Our demographic is notorious for lousy voter turnout.</p>
<p>You say that you are starting this your junior year. I will assume that you are C/O 2009. If this is so, then great - the next election is in 2008 and you can organize a voter registration drive in the fall of 2008 before you send in applications. If you do, in fact, organize such a drive through your initiative and leadership, that will look very good on your application.</p>
<p>Put this on your resume only if you have done something that you can write about.</p>
<p>If you start the club and really involve yourself with it, it will not matter that you started it in your junior year.</p>
<p>Most college adcoms are Democrats anyway; you've got nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>I agree with aristotle</p>
<p>lol, yea i know, unless you;re going to a conservative school.</p>
<p>ha alright thanks, i would be really involved in it since I'm extremely passionate about politics anyway, and over the summer I'm going to be working with the party a bit for some stuff so I can get a gist of things before starting the club in september</p>
<p>Another thing to look into is volunteering for your local electoral board. I did this last year and it was a lot of fun. Basically on election night, the various polling sites call the electoral board to report their results. I got to answer the phones and then also got to call the AP wire with updates when 25% came in, 50% came in, and 75% came in (counting absentee ballots took too long and I wasn't able to stick around until they had been counted since I had school the next day). Call up your local board. I'm sure they'd be excited for an interested youth to help them out!</p>
<p>sounds like a great idea, ill see if i can do that for when the next election comes [even though for my local area i have no idea when that is]</p>