Posted on 12/03/2007 5:47:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee are the top choices for the 2008 Democratic and Republican nominations for President of the United States, according to the nation's first Presidential "Primary" of voters at the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference in San Diego.
Sponsored by Pearson, more than 700 of the nation's social studies teachers flexed their voting muscles and put the principles they teach about every day into action by casting their votes.
Senator Clinton won her party's nod with 41.9% of the vote. Senator Thompson was the Republicans' top choice with 23.2% of the vote.
On the Democratic side, U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois came in second with 34% of the vote, followed by former U.S. Senator and 2004 Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards of North Carolina with 12.3%.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani came in second on the Republican side to Thompson with 20.5% of the vote. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was third at 18.9%, while former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona had 16.3% and 13.2% of the votes, respectively.
A complete list of the results follows at the end of this release.
Following the voting, teachers received a free Election 2008 kit full of ideas and activities designed to promote student learning about the United States' election process.
"All of us at Pearson have a strong appreciation for our nation's social studies teachers," said Michael Gee, Senior Vice President for Humanities and Social Sciences at Pearson School. "They have a direct impact on America's future-they lay the foundation for students' understanding of democracy. A social studies teacher's influence can motivate students to be active participants in society and fuel a lifelong appreciation and love for our country's founding principles."
About Pearson
Pearson (NYSE: PSO) is the global leader in educational publishing, assessment, information and services, helping people of all ages to learn at their own pace, in their own way. For students preK-12, Pearson provides effective and innovative curriculum products in all available media, educational assessment and measurement for students and teachers, student information systems, and teacher professional development and certification programs. Our respected brands include Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, SuccessMaker, Waterford, AGS, PowerSchool, Chancery SMS, SASI, Pearson Inform, Teachervision.com and many others. Our comprehensive offerings help inform targeted instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of every student. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.
PEARSON PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RESULTS
Democratic Party
Hillary Rodham Clinton: 41.9%
Barack Obama: 34%
John Edwards: 12.3%
Dennis Kucinich: 6.2%
Bill Richardson: 2.9%
Joe Biden: 1.9%
Chris Dodd: 0.4%
Mike Gravel: 0.4%
Republicans
Fred Thompson: 23.2%
Rudy Giuliani: 20.5%
Mike Huckabee: 18.9%
Mitt Romney: 16.3%
John McCain: 13.2%
Ron Paul: 5.8%
Duncan Hunter: 1.1%
Tom Tancredo: 1.1%
Excellent
In before the “only the real primary votes count”.
Go Fred Go!
What a shocker....polling Teachers is going to NOT show a Democrat landslide????
I waiting for the Weekly Reader poll. Those kids have picked the winner every time, as far as I know.
Yeah... only about 20 of the teachers voted Republican and they are probably now looking for new jobs. :)
No, polling teachers is NOT going to show a Democratic landslide.
That’s ridiculous.
Do you realize how many teachers there are in this country?
Do you realize that they come in all shapes, colors, and political persuasions?
Do you also realize that they are all well-educated and that they work their butts off trying to teach youngsters who often don’t want to be taught?
Drop the negativity, quit listening to nastiness from the fringes, and go volunteer in your local public school.
No, I am not, and never have been, a teacher. But I appreciate what they do, and so should you.
I find it difficult to believe Hillary has that kind of support
First, it looks like they polled the teachers separately by party registration, since the percentage for *each* party’s candidates total 100%, so one can’t tell how many of them were polled for each party.
Second, teacher’s union organizers are overwhelmingly leftist, not so with actual teachers.
Hala-hotdam-lulia!!!
Duncan only garnered 1.1% in San Diego?
Teacher polls in Kalifornia....LOL
I am not even responding to other posters defending the teachers there (Libs up the wazzooooo is San Diego).
I note that the dems top picks have zero experience
“.... more than 700 of the nation’s social studies “
probably 2 teachers from SD
According to the lunatic democrat base they believe that Hillary Clinton = Bill Clinton i.e. win the Presidency. However the morons do not understand that Hillary Clinton is the meanest and most unlikeable person to run for President and thus she cannot be elected President with this very fatal character flaw, neither her, nor Bill Clinton, nor the liberal media can change this fact.
As I have been saying for months and months. But by the end, it’ll be Thompson versus Gore.
ping
As I recall, about 40% of NEA members voted for George H.W. Bush in 1992. The NEA didn’t contribute much to Republicans candidates, certainly not 40%. Now the organization is practically a branch of the NDP, but a significant number of its members are still Republicans.
I wrote a paper for this teacher, criticizing Truman for not using “gunboat diplomacy” against the Russians. I said a show of US military force would have driven them out of Eastern Europe. I even suggested using the nuclear bomb in a demo explosion, to show we were serious.
He gave me an ‘A’ on that.
What’s the history of accuracy of this poll? Is it better than the Weekly Reader one?
You probably never endured the Revisionist History and Political-Correctness/Diversity indoctrination of today's youth in Publik Skoolz.
I had never heard of this poll before. Does anyone here know if this is new or if it has been done before?
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The Right Man
The Right Message
Fred Thompson
An anti-nuc power English teacher told my son that nuclear fuel glowed green. I told him it glowed from deep violet to bright white depending upon power level. He believed the English teacher. I once ran reactors for a living but I had to produce a picture of NC States pulsar research reactor in action before he believed me. The teacher was never challenged in class.
Sorry, I am not a big fan of teachers. As a group they are solid leftists trying to hurt my nation and brainwash our kids.
One of my favorite examples of their knowledge level was a time in sixth grade when my daughter’s teacher told the class there were seven planets. When my daughter named 9 she was thrown out of class.
I don’t intend to be harsh here but I don’t find teachers any more noble than any other group. And I am not a fan.
I’m thinking the breck girl will start doing better. Especially once the nobodies drop out.
I think he may be one of the first nobodies to drop out.
WSJ
If we told you that an organization gave away more than $65 million last year to Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Amnesty International, AIDS Walk Washington and dozens of other such advocacy groups, you’d probably assume we were describing a liberal philanthropy. In fact, those expenditures have all turned up on the financial disclosure report of the National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers union.
http://www.everythingiknowiswrong.com/2006/01/what_do_they_do.html
I don't believe this group is entitled to any delegates at any party convention.
Is it better than the Weekly Reader one?
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Heavy-Duty potlatch!
” more than 700 of the nation’s social studies teachers flexed their voting muscles “
A sample of social studies teachers?
Maybe a valid sample of the voting public or maybe not...
Got it in email!!
Wow, Social Studies Teachers. What a valid poll....NOT!
The two will be doing the Tennessee Waltz, but only one will win the state's electoral votes......and it won't be Gore.
Leni
I also have a feeling that Gore will be the DEM nominee in the end. Not to worry though, as Fred would beat anyone the DEMS end up with! GO FRED! :)
I expect McCain to do a little better...but mostly a two man race: Rudy and Fred...possibly all the way to the convention.
Uh - this is far left organization.
Sorry Fredheads...
You may be onto something there, brilliant one! Look for the Rodham-rodent campaign to begin hinting that voters will be re-electing sinkEmperor with a Hillary vote. It could energize the lunatic democrat voters like nothing else could! Oh but that disturbs me to consider ... ugh!
Sorry Fredheads..."
I once belonged to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) which is a far-left government employees union and part of the AFL-CIO. That doesn't make me a liberal, or "far left" or even moderate. Individual teachers were the people voting on these candidates in this straw poll, not the organization. Get my point?
I doubt they do...
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Agreed.
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