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Guess who they would vote? 57% would vote for Obama, 39% would vote for McCain

"As reported recently by Reuters, a quarter of a million students voted online and by mailing paper ballots in a mock election run by Scholastic, 57% chose Obama, 39% percent chose John McCain. The cool thing is, 250,000 children voted for president, most for the first time. That's a nice habit to learn at a young age."

Christopher Fink: This Election Doesn't Leave Our Children Behind

So, you can see.... Obama represents a future generation. McCain doesn't. :)

The Obama plan is very pro-family, pro-community, and pro-choice.
 
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A local school here did a mock student election, and McCain won 600 to 300.
 
Kids are too easily influenced by their parents and friends on who they will vote for

It is neat to do the mock voting to give kids experience and make them more knowledgeable about the voting system.
 
Kids need to mature enough to know their own choice to support 100% issues.

No need to take serious with kids. They're just KID!
 
Kids voted for Barney the Dinosaur here...:D
 
I guess that's why history is sooo important that taught the value lesson in order for kids to grow up and understand before vote for someone.
 
I have to admit that I don't view this as anything but "fluff." As Babyblue said, kids are influenced by parents and friends -- not to mention the fact that they don't have a full, complete understanding of the issues and how they are affected by them. While there may be *some* kids who are politically aware (I've seen a few being interviewed on CNN), this doesn't represent the majority.

When we used to have mock elections at my elementary school back in the 70s, I didn't really have a clue as to who I was voting for or why. :dunno:
 
Hear Again said:
I have to admit that I don't view this as anything but "fluff." As Babyblue said, kids are influenced by parents and friends -- not to mention the fact that they don't have a full, complete understanding of the issues and how they are affected by them. While there may be *some* kids who are politically aware (I've seen a few being interviewed on CNN), this doesn't represent the majority.

When we used to have mock elections at my elementary school back in the 70s, I didn't really have a clue as to who I was voting for or why. :dunno:[/QUOTE]

I agree it's fluff, but I also think it's interesting as well. Sometimes, kids are smarter than we give them credit for!

To your bolded statement, though... I'm with you! We held mock elections in elementary school and I remember voting, but I can't for the life of me tell you who I voted for much less WHY! :lol:
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I hope that these mock elections will instill the passion regarding voting into the kids.

They'd done mock elections when I was a kid. I'd found them irrelevant when I was yelled at, by another kid, for asking about the Reagan asassination. He was tired of using it as conversation piece.

Vote, baby, vote!
 
Oceanbreeze said:
[QUOTEI agree it's fluff, but I also think it's interesting as well. Sometimes, kids are smarter than we give them credit for!

To your bolded statement, though... I'm with you! We held mock elections in elementary school and I remember voting, but I can't for the life of me tell you who I voted for much less WHY! :lol:
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:laugh2: Same here. The only exception in my case would be 8th grade when we had a mock election (1984). I voted for Walter Mondale because of his running mate, Geraldine Ferarro. (I wanted her to be elected as the first female VP of the United States.) Thanks to the weekly current events quizzes we were given back then, I had a much better understanding of the issues. When I think about it, the current events quizzes were responsible for sparking my interest in politics because from then on, I always followed elections and political events closely -- and continue to do so to this very day.
 
PowerON said:
Kids need to mature enough to know their own choice to support 100% issues.

No need to take serious with kids. They're just KID!
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Other silly comment, must agree with 100% is so unnecessary. :roll:
 
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:lol: Me too! In fact, I'd choose *any* VP candidate over Palin. After all, no one could be worse than Palin...
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lol, true, true.

McCain would alot better without Palin, also with Palin would risk his election, IMO.
 
Foxrac said:
lol, true, true.

McCain would alot better without Palin, also with Palin would risk his election, IMO.
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I agree. If McCain ends up losing the election, I think Palin is 100% to blame for that. (Then again, McCain's inept campaign staff hasn't helped matters any.)
 
I am sure you hear that Obama is a "baby killer" but the kids LOVE Obama and vote for him by a large margin!

"Students at 1,128 schools across the country picked Obama by 60 percent, said Meg Heubeck, director of instruction for the YLI. Students were asked which issue they felt was important to the election, and 39.4 percent said the economy is the biggest concern."

Students pick Obama in mock election | ajc.com
 
Hear Again said:
:laugh2: Same here. The only exception in my case would be 8th grade when we had a mock election (1984). I voted for Walter Mondale because of his running mate, Geraldine Ferarro. (I wanted her to be elected as the first female VP of the United States.) Thanks to the weekly current events quizzes we were given back then, I had a much better understanding of the issues. When I think about it, the current events quizzes were responsible for sparking my interest in politics because from then on, I always followed elections and political events closely -- and continue to do so to this very day.
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Damn! I shoulda paid attention in class! :laugh2:

Seriously, I didn't understand dink as a kid. I just knew what I saw around me, but I couldn't apply it to anything. I didn't fully understand the political process until I was much older; probably Jr high school.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Damn! I shoulda paid attention in class! :laugh2:

Seriously, I didn't understand dink as a kid. I just knew what I saw around me, but I couldn't apply it to anything. I didn't fully understand the political process until I was much older; probably Jr high school.
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:laugh2: That's okay OB. If it weren't for the news quiz notes that I had back in 8th grade, my knowledge of politics would be non-existent.

One thing I can say about my Social Studies teacher is that she really had a knack for making politics interesting.
 
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