Why is education a key factor in the political picture?

One of the main reasons I decided to start this blog is due to the educational component of what it can offer. I don't expect everyone to agree with everything that I present, but if someone reads my article, processes the lesson, then decides, "Meh, that's just not for me", I completely understand that thought. Politics are interesting to me because they are, at times, slow moving like a turtle.

More so, politics in the United States are progressing at a snails pace. Without entering into a generational fisticuffs and blaming a certain age group, lets just say that the long march of progress can be undone with one uneducated vote. As kids, we've all worked extremely hard on that time consuming Lego castle, only to have a sibling come in and kick it over and destroy it. It's much easier to dismantle something than to build. Thus, we arrive at politics today.
Millennials have become one of the most "educated" generations that we know of. This partly due to the recession, which put more millennials out of work and into (or sometimes back into) school. Millennials also had this weird phenomenon of seeing blue collar jobs disappear, leading them to school with the thought process that it would help them secure a better job. Check out the states below about education levels and generations.

So why is it important to educate yourself when it comes to politics? This is important because it affects you. A perfect example of this political education is when it comes to the last presidential elections. Union members supported Trump with higher points than most Republicans in the past.

Even though they barely turned, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin all went red in the election. So, if you're a union member, why does this matter to you? Well to start with, I suppose that whether you agree with a politician's positions on general "stump issues" (see guns, religion, health care) are a good jumping off point, it is important to look down the line and see how it will personally affect you. So for some union members, like the police officers in Iowa that supported the Republicans running there, they were on board because of their gun rights and religion. Unfortunately, they didn't look at the fact that the politicians wanted to abolish their pension system and pass Right to Work laws. Should the Iowa police officers feel slighted by Republican politicians they supported or their own inadequate research of the topics that affect their bottom line? Any pro-union member that voted for Trump in the last election made a grave mistake, in regards to the SCOTUS pick. I've heard members say they would never have an issue that would make it up to the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, for these members, the SC can bring an issue to you. Like the Freidrichs vs. California Teachers Union case, which ended in a 4-4 tie, only because one of the Justice's randomly passed away. When that case is reheard, organized labor will lose. Which means you, who voted for Trump to put that SCOTUS seat anti-labor, will lose. Congratulations on your pay loss and benefits implosion.

There are multiples examples across government of situations where education should be the only component in making a sound voting decision. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, this a rare exercise for individuals. However, I do have hope that our generation, one of the most highly educated ever, can bring that to an end and see through all the misleading "alternative facts" information that has magically become the norm, and hurting us everyday.

Cheers,

Brandon