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Jessica Ramos: “I wish, you know, schools did a better job of teaching this…”

Featuring: Jessica Ramos, Democratic | New York State Senate, District 13

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Published | Video Starts at 02:06

And she says she's hoping to get even more young people engaged in politics if we took the time to actually learn how the different levels of government work. And I wish, you know, schools did a better job of teaching this, that we could keep an engaged electorate. you know, and that everyone who actually does register to vote does it. In Jackson Heights, Sonia Rincon, Channel 7 Eyewitness News. (02:06–02:16)

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Asserts that schools do not adequately teach how different levels of government work, affecting voter engagement.

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