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<p>^ I'm not sure about that. For younger kids, yes, but I think once you get to high school, more of your political ideologies are based on friends and teachers. Just my opinion though.</p>
<p>Try going to a liberal arts college.</p>
<p>God, what a bunch of mindless liberals.</p>
<p>lol, all right I am going to take you guys' advice and lay back for a while. But in 2012 when condi runs for president i don't know what is gonna happen.</p>
<p>^ Eh, she won't get the nomination. Besides we all know the world's going to end in 2012 so it doesn't matter anyways :D.</p>
<p>lol...Basically all my school is Republican. just suck it up :)</p>
<p>I'm from LA... we know who this state is going to...</p>
<p>"And I never said non-whites or women shouldn't run for president. I said that people shouldn't vote based on these qualities."</p>
<p>It's a stupid reason to choose who to vote for, but we can't control why people vote how they do, we can just hope the majority of people aren't complete idiots.</p>
<p>"we have a war, international threats and a stock market crisis! shouldn't people be looking at the issues rather than the image?"</p>
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<li>Uh, the reason Obama has surged ahead in the last couple weeks is the economy. Most people don't think that the market was regulated enough. As a democrat, Obama has generally been in favor of increased regulation, and as a Republican McCain has almost always opposed it. That difference will probably decide the election, and it is definitely a real issue.</li>
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<p>Heh, I remember back in my model congress club I was the only republican for two years out of about thirty people. My senior year we finally got another one, but he was this crazy religious one that just made me groan every time he'd try to debate something. :(</p>
<p>People also had a really hard time grasping that I'm a republican yet still support gay marriage, stem cell research, and all of those annoying civil rights issues.</p>
<p>Best thing you can do is probably just start shouting RON PAUL '08. You'll be left alone then.</p>
<p>You're in IB, so you're probably just losing a little bit more sleep.</p>
<p>Most votes are made on image and party affiliation. Accept it and move on with your life.</p>
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^ I'm not sure about that. For younger kids, yes, but I think once you get to high school, more of your political ideologies are based on friends and teachers. Just my opinion though.
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<p>In any case, young voters aren't learning about the candidates and the issues. Thus they are voting blindly.</p>
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In any case, young voters aren't learning about the candidates and the issues. Thus they are voting blindly.
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Not all of them.</p>
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In any case, young voters aren't learning about the candidates and the issues. Thus they are voting blindly.
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<p>Wow, way to make a general statement that is completely false. People of our generation are very politically active, and are generally very informed on the issues. If you want people who are uninformed, look at the generation above us, many of whom are much more apathetic than we are, or the elderly generation, many of whom won't vote for Obama simply because he's black, without even looking at issues.</p>
<p>identity politics as well as blind partisanship happen every election cycle, not just this one.</p>
<p>You guys are spelling 'Osama' wrong.</p>
<p>Funny. I think I might know you (OP). I think you might come to my school! (It fits the description).</p>
<p>In my school everyone voted Democrat because apparently "the Republicans are for the rich"</p>
<p>This is the same place where a girl approached me and asked me if I was white because, as she put it, she didn't "like white people".</p>
<p>Yay for ignorant voters voting for skin tone. </p>
<p>Not.</p>
<p>hey thats really cool? North Miami? What class?</p>
<p>It's a phase, in which every 2 out of 4 years most Americans go through.</p>
<p>Usually this phase involves the following:
- rallies
- sign waves
- internet spamming
- making a complete jackass out of yourself</p>
<p>It usually never involves researching facts, policies, and voting records.</p>
<p>It usually ends after november 4th, where Diebold and the Electoral College decide who wins.</p>