Four in ten say schools don't prepare students to consider others' struggles
Core finding
More than four-in-ten Americans (43%) reject the idea that schools prepare young people to weigh other Americans' struggles as voters, including 23% who strongly disagree, according to an October 2024 Verasight survey.
About three-in-ten (31%) are neutral, while 23% agree schools do prepare students this way; a small share (2%) declined to answer.
Topline scale
Four in ten say schools don't prepare students to consider others' struggles.
Our schools prepare young people to think about the challenges faced by other Americans when they become voters?
n = 1,000 · Oct 1–11, 2024 · MoE ±3.4%
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | US adults age 18+ |
| Field dates | Oct 1–11, 2024 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.4% |
| Module | educ_pol |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co
Our schools prepare young people to think about the challenges faced by other Americans when they become voters?
Cite this question
Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.