At 16, Calif. Students Say They're Ready To Vote
Pooja Shah and Will Hunter volunteer at the election table for the MyVote California student mock election.
Pooja Shah and Will Hunter volunteer at the election table for the MyVote California student mock election.
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Blair International students fill out their MyVote California student mock election ballots during a lunchtime election.
Blair International students fill out their MyVote California student mock election ballots during a lunchtime election.
Teaching U.S. history is easier in an election year.
"There's automatic engagement; there's automatic relevance to everything," history teacher Alfredo Mathew of Blair International Baccalaureate School in Pasadena, Calif., tells Madeleine Brand.
But his students' excitement comes with frustration — mostly because they are too young to vote.
The issue that most concerns them? The economy. And in some cases, they see the issue differently than their parents.
Students' votes — cast in a mock election at school — were influenced by information-gathering that extended far beyond their families, they say. Can you guess who won?
(You can read about the results of the statewide mock election on our blog.)
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