Dr. Shane Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The Nation's Students Pick Barack Obama ...l Election Poll Quote: Just days before Americans choose our next president, voting has concluded in the Weekly Reader Student Presidential Election Poll. And the nation's students resoundingly say that Barack Obama will be the country's next leader. In the 14th Weekly Reader election survey, with more than 125,000 votes cast from kindergarten through 12th grade, the result was Obama 54.7% and John McCain 42.9% (with "other" candidates receiving 2.5% of the student vote). The Obama victory in the classroom electoral vote was even more resounding: The Democrat won 33 states and the District of Columbia, garnering 420 electoral votes, while McCain took 17 states and 118 electoral votes. For the past 52 years, the results of the Weekly Reader poll have been consistently on target, with the student vote correctly predicting the next president in 12 out of 13 elections. (The only time the kids were wrong was 1992, when they chose George H.W. Bush over Bill Clinton.) This year, as in 2000 and 2004, the student election was conducted in conjunction with noted polling organization Zogby International. My daughter in kindergarten came home and told us she voted for Obama. Kids normally vote like their parents which is why the Weekly Reader election normally calls the election correctly. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolaa Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Oh, I saw some kids on one of the morning news shows today. They were unanimously for Obama, but only one of them could give a reason. I'm sure they were just parroting their parents, like you said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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