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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
My parents were the biggest influence on how I voted when I was younger, then I grew up and developed my own political identity, this is probably true for a lot of people when they first start to vote. I would say that at absolutely no point did I ever even think about a teacher and their politics influencing my vote in any way. I doubt I would have even recognized a picture of PET being on a desk, nor would have I cared. I couldn't even come up with a vague example of a teacher even saying anything about a prime minister in a biased way, other than from a purely educational stance, when I was growing up.
Believe it or not most the teachers I had were decent, professional, and took their jobs seriously.
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I think this is right, I believe there is a study that showed some meaningful portion of women voters just vote for whoever their husband plans to vote for, because political media diets are higher among men, and women are more willing to decline to form their own political opinions. (not intending to make any comments about capabilities/corrosion... just that they are willing to ignore politics and live their lives).
I suspect we would see an even more substantial portion of teenage voters simply vote the family line for very similar reasons.