DUers, At What Age Did You Become Politically Minded and Why?

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158. It was 1974 & I was a high school senior &

I had an afternoon part time job across the street from the Gary Hart for Senate campaign office. I thought it would be a good place to meet college boys. I also joined the debate team that year, & all the topics were political. By the time I left high school, I had caught the political bug. As far as I know, only one other student in my class, did the same.

Most of my friends aren't very political. They vote, & sometimes they even send money, but very few call or write to their reps. They all went to the woman's march last January, but by the time the vote for the ACA came around, they were to burned out on the negativity to bother to call. This is what we're up against. I think that if you've paid close attention, especially since 2000 (W), then your outrage meter can go higher than if you've just started to pay attention since the Con.