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I was just wondering, how much are y'all involved in politics, local or state- or country-wide? Many people tend to class homeschoolers as politically inactive since this goes along with the antisocial stereotype, but most homeschoolers I know are at least fairly interested in politics, even if they don't participate much in political activities like rallies and so on.

My family discusses politics a lot at home, but we aren't usually active outside the home. For the most part, this is because there simply isn't much we feel we can support; there's also a significant lack of politicians with the same ideals as we have. However, we've become more interested recently because we finally found a preseidential candidate whose ideals we can wholly support. ^___^ We even donated some money. I think that's a first for us. XD

What about the rest of you?

i do what i can, but there is so much stuff going on that its hard to keep track of things.

I watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. I used to watch the O'Reilly Factor, but after a while I realized that Bill O'Reilly is stupid. I haven't been old enough to vote for president yet. I was going to vote for governor but then I moved to a different state and didn't care. I'm actually not registered to vote. My mom said that if I don't register to vote, I probably won't ever get called for jury duty. Anyway, I don't live in a swing state, so it doesn't seem to be a big deal. But my parents live in Arkansas right now, so I told them they should vote in the next presidential election.

I feel too disenfranchised to care much.

My son is way too young to vote, but I hope he as he grows up he notices my involvement in local politics. I've been to rallies, written letters, worked on campaigns and worked getting petitions signed. It's not for everyone, but I enjoy feeling like I'm contributing something at the local level.

My parents are always discussing politics, ethics and morals with us. I myslef have participated in some 4-H things at my state house. I visited the state house and this year I served as a page. I know I would make a good politician but its not something I really enjoy. I do however want to become more active in my state.