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Almost nobody who went through the educational system in the last decade is even voting. People who are voting today were educated during a period of massively growing education funding: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/mar/02/dave-brat/...



>Almost nobody who went through the educational system in the last decade is even voting.

Do I need more proof that defunding education was a bad thing?


In most states, your vote literally does not count.

(mine doesn't for a different reason since I'm a foreign citizen)


Only for the presidential race. Everything else (local offices, local ballot props, state office/props) counts quite a bit!




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