{"id":33459,"date":"2020-10-29T14:58:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T19:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=33459"},"modified":"2021-06-11T14:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T19:41:06","slug":"oklahoma-teenagers-want-their-voices-heard-to-make-the-world-a-better-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2020\/10\/29\/oklahoma-teenagers-want-their-voices-heard-to-make-the-world-a-better-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma teenagers want their voices heard to make the world ‘a better place’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presenters address students during a session hosted by Generation Citizen and Oklahoma Engaged. In the leadup to the 2020 election, the organizations came together to ask young people from across the state how they felt about political issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Most Oklahoma high schoolers can\u2019t vote and that isn\u2019t lost on them.<\/span><\/p>

But, they all want to have a bigger influence on the 2020 election, which they feel will have an outsized influence on their future.<\/span><\/p>

So in a series of Zoom focus groups last week, StateImpact and <\/span>Generation Citizen<\/span><\/a> asked Oklahoma high school students for a discussion about how they are consuming and using information about each candidate\u2019s campaign and platform.<\/span><\/p>

In three, one-hour sessions moderators asked students how they felt about presidential candidates stances on an array of topics. The dozen or so students responded by filling out polling data and having brief discussions.<\/span><\/p>

You can hear highlights of the conversations moderated by StateImpact\u2019s Robby Korth, Generation Citizen\u2019s Elizabeth Sidler and KOSU\u2019s Kateleigh Mills below.<\/span><\/p>\n