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Infographic: What Do Kids Understand About the Political Process

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Researchers sought to learn more about the political development of the nation's children. They interviewed nearly 200 elementary-school-aged children before and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. The infographic below summarizes some of the findings from the 2019 issue of the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development titled, "Toward a Developmental Science of Politics."

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An infographic for the SRCD journal, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. What do kids understand about the political process? A new study takes a closer look. Researchers sought to learn more about the political development of the nation’s children. They interviewed nearly 200 elementary-school-aged children before and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Figure 1: 58% of children were interested in the election "a lot," 23% of children were interested "somewhat," 14% were int