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Survey Reveals

• Few Democrats

lllOfS -beth peterson-

Out of the 1 00 students By the time most students the students did not feel that
polled, thirty percent chose current reach the magical age of thir- they were informed enough
Governor Kay Orr over the other five teen, they have been told about politics to play a part in
candidates. about the next two mile stones the elections. One studen
in life, sixteen and eighteen. At wrote,"Personally, I wish I was
sixteen they can drive without more up to date on the things
parents and at eighteen they that go on in the political world,
can vote for important bills and but I'm really not interested."
positions. At the end of February, can-
This may be true for some didate for governor, Bill
young voters; however, a sur- Heppner, came to talk durin g
vey taken at the beginning of second period. He was not
March showed that many high widely publicized and no
school seniors do not know many people came to listen .
enough about politics to cast a During an interview, he said,'1
logical vote. feel Nebraska is in a strong posi-
The results of the The survey, taken in seven tion as long as we stay active,
survey showedmorestudents Discussing Nebraska's Civics classes, asked the seniors however, if we sit back and let
claimed to be independent than political position, is Senior Krista to vote for a governor, and things happen to us, we could
pledge themselves to a particular Schwarting with...governor candidate
party. Bill Hoppner at his campaign headquar- write a few comments about be in serious trouble." Many stu-
ters. (L. Custer) how they feel their role as stu- dents believed this is true as
dents affects politics. Unfortu- long as they involve the young
nately, the responses were not voters as well as the adults.
very positive. Although some students felt
The majority of students who they do not have any power in
commented said they did not the government, one studen t
feel they knew enough about was more realistic. He said,"n
politics or the governor's race politicians had more foresigh t,
to make a decision. Senior Sar· they'd appreciate our power .
ah Stout said, "I think that stu- Unfortunately, their passion for
dents are very pessimistic instant gratification leads them
about government. They feel to ignore students, thus inject-
like they aren't important to ing into students a sense of de-
the government." tachment and disillus ionmen t
The problem most men- with the system." e
tioned in the survey was that
Angela Town send
Donnie Trimble
David Tuma
Deloris Ueding
Patrick Umshler

Shelly Unger
Michelle Valenti
Carol Vanderkerkhoff
Jacqueline Vaughn
Mary Vavak

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