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Welcome to Democracy High

Democracy

Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected representatives. Every citizen has a right to vote to choose their representatives.

Civics

An educated and informed citizenry is the best protection for a democracy. Civics, the science of government, was once part of the K-12 curriculum either directly or embedded in Social Studies courses. That came under attack due to unfair representation complaints by the political parties which ended in removal of civics from curricula. 

Mission

The purpose of Democracy High is to offer crash courses in civic education.   It features quizzes on critical topics such as Project 2025. It also offers creative methods to engage your friends and family in gaining knowledge.

The vision for Democracy High

We Create Spaces for Collaboration on How to Make Others Civically Engaged

Goals

Learning modules about the branches and role of government

Real-time analysis, commentary, and  fact of political media events

We will also feature a voter portal that will provide new residents enough information to feel informed enough to vote for local policies and the candidates supporting those policies.

Voter Portal

  • National Issues
  • Local issues by zip code
  • Profiles about local representatives along with their stances
  • View a mock ballot for upcoming election to familiarize themselves on the issues on which they will be voting
  • There will be a section called “Which Candidate is most like me?” where you answer 30 personality and values questions about yourself, and the site will match you with the candidate with whom you are the most closely aligned. The goal is to identify those citizens that have allowed party affiliation to define how they vote instead of voting for the candidate that more closely addresses his/her interest. 

One response to “Welcome”

  1. kpmahler Avatar
    kpmahler

    First, thanks for the invite! I have several Pitchfork friends, but was surprised to see this from you!

    Anyway…

    I was thrown by the name, especially since I’m a Duke connection. I couldn’t figure out why high school was being referenced. On further thought, I also wonder if it will make people feel like the resource is too basic (e.g. “I already know citizenship basics.”) Maybe it’s not a big deal, but I wanted to mention that it might be a barrier.

    I think the “Local issues” is particularly important. I spent nine years on a School Board and most people had no idea who was on the Board or what we were doing. That said, I’m curious about how you’ll get this information populated. Local officials would be potential sources, but this could be tough – particularly in areas where all/most officials are Republicans.

    Big picture, it sounds like it could end up duplicating a lot of League of Women Voters content. It might be worth looking into that further and focusing on what they don’t do.

    So, those are my initial thoughts

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