My familiarity with McLean County, and its political history is very minor. This is most likely due to the fact that I have grown up in Tazewell county, and haven't really been interested in politics until just recently. Honestly i am completely lost when it comes to talking about McLean county besides the fact that i know its large, wealthy, and contains 4 colleges (isu, heartland, Wesleyan, and Lincoln community college).

I know it is probably important that i know about McLean county because i go to school there, and because the decisions that are made by politicians affect me more directly than the decisions made in Tazewell county. Although, the older that i get the more information i seem to pick up about the locations where i live. such as next year i will be living in Springfield (i don't know the county yet), but i have already been researching information about my soon to be residence because i know that if i lack knowledge it will directly affect me when teaching there. also because education has so much to do with politics the older i get and the closer i come to actually getting a real job the more important it is for me to start getting to know what kind of place i want to teach in, as well as the politics that are the building block for the school.

Therefore the answer to the question, "does it matter?" is yes, it matters. obviously i haven't changed that much, but i am progressively getting better at being more educated.