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We had social studies in 5th grade and government for junior year. None of it covered how elections work, what our civil rights are, or covered much of what the Constitution and its amendments are.
I had to take AP gov before they even started covering any of the "behind the scenes" stuff like party primaries. Before that it was just "the Democrats and Republicans select a nominee for president and you can pick between the two." Red states aren't behind in education for nothing though.