Many American voters don't know where the candidate they vote for stands on certain issues. Even more surprising, many American voters don't even know what party controls Congress, and THEY elected them. Media Malpractice created a video of twelve voters and asked them questions after they voted. Here is the link (you do not need to watch the whole thing, it's ten minutes long):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8
While the company that made this video is extremely right-wing biased, some good points are brought up here. Our country's voters are very uninformed! This may be because of a lack of caring on the part of the voter, but it's mostly because of the media now days. Most political advertisements are not talking one candidate up over the other, they're talking the other one down! How are voters supposed to know who to vote for if all the candidates do is sling mud? The media is not the only problem.
Here at MHS, Political Science is a required class to graduate. This is not true at many high schools. Some schools don't even offer a civics class at all. No wonder we have uninformed voters. How are voters supposed to vote properly if they don't understand why and how the system works as it does?
In conclusion, my questions for you are this: what are your reactions to the video? Does it's bias make it seem less reliable? Should the government control what goes into political ads and TV and otherwise? Lastly, should civics be a federally-required class to graduate from high school, to make people more informed voters?
