# Poll:  Middle school students and political beliefs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-middle-school-students-and-political-beliefs/472739>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 14, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-middle-school-students-and-political-beliefs/472739 "2008-11-14T18:13:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-middle-school-students-and-political-beliefs/472739/21 "2008-11-15T08:17:05Z")

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a.) liberal  
b.) yes - I know I was pro-choice and pro-gay rights for sure. I don’t know if I had ever thought of marriage equality at the time. I’m pretty sure any political beliefs I had were pretty vague, but I knew that Republicans were bad because my parents didn’t like Reagan or Bush.  
d.) 30/female/attended junior high in the (North) Bay Area from 1990-1992.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-middle-school-students-and-political-beliefs/472739/22 "2008-11-15T11:03:58Z")

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a) All over the place.  
b) I was not politically aware at that age.  
c) My political beliefs are a work-in-progress and not set in stone. I’m always learning.  
d) 41, male, a good school in the UK.

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**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-middle-school-students-and-political-beliefs/472739/23 "2008-11-15T12:06:14Z")

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a) centre left.  
b) I had very socialist leanings as a teenager but my essential views have not changed.  
d) 42, Auckland NZ.

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