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I am 20. I don’t even know what the midterms are, let alone their importance… sorry to expose my stupidity

How do I become an educated voter? Are there any sources with simple explanations you can recommend?

Ahhh okay, that’s why there’s so many ads about senators right now! I feel silly for not knowing, haha, but maybe that goes to show that voters education in the US is really lacking

Thank you for the explanation! I’m going to read up and get ready for voting day. My first time voting was in the 2020 presidential election, so I’m new to all this :) gotta get my registration updated after moving to attend college actually…

Okay I will definitely visit that site and read up! Pretty much the only election I really understand is the presidential election … unfortunately I don’t think I’m in the minority for people my age at least, we really don’t get taught ANYTHING about voting even though we take so many history and government classes!

Thank you for the response!! I’m really looking forward to educating myself and contributing a thoughtful vote :) it is so so important !!!

Wow, that sounds awesome and so useful!! Thank you!

Nope! Or I forgot and they did teach it, who knows? I took government my senior year of HS. It was also the year COVID hit so a lot of content got cut out. Also I think they just don’t teach practical stuff like this