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Originally Posted by snbzk
"Not knowing much about politics" is the only thing "politically uninformed" can mean. More context would help, but it seems the sentence is saying that it's difficult to persuade high school students to join a particular group because they don't know enough about politics (among other reasons).
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Well, Google found the quote and its source for me, so you now have all the context you need. It appears in the entry for
angst in the book
100 Words to Make You Sound Smart. That book took it from an article in
The Nation which I also found online; the quote appears in the 3rd paragraph from the bottom of
this page.
And yeah, it sounds like your explanation is correct. I think the author specifically means that the students are ignorant of how politics works in the real world. That fits the general theme of the article, which is about politically organizing high school students so that they can have more control over their own lives.