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It wasn't until I was 18 that I participated in voting in the 2000 presidential election. I was a student and a full time employee. I think the more educated I got the more I was interested in the world, the world that I had to participate in to make a difference not only for myself but everyone around me. The candidate that I vote for actually won, and the feeling of just knowing that I participated in something that was very important. I still try to keep myself up to date on what's happening in the world. .
The types of people that I interviewed were mostly in their adolescence to their early twenties. When I interviewed these five people, they all had very conservative views; they all seemed to be republicans. .
When I asked the question "What is your opinion of our government?" I pretty much got the same answer from every interviewee. It basically sounded like everyone thinks the government is run well, but they could work on a few things; such as lowering taxes and cutting most of these government funded social programs. .
I was surprised that a couple people that I interviewed actually participated in some types of social programs. In my mind, I don't know why anyone would want to participate in such a thing while they could be out working for their self and making money for their self. It's not enough that our taxes go to feed these people, but they want us to prepare the food for them?!! Well sorry but that's not the way I do business. Two of the five people that I interviewed actually are volunteers in some type of social program, Jeff helps out with his church youth group and Dan works at the faith mission. .
When I asked my interviewees if they were religious the answers were basically split right down the middle, three said they were and two said they weren't. I do believe that people's religious background affects their political beliefs and opinions because most of the people who said that they were religious also help out in some type of social program or want to help people as much as they can.