Posted on 10/20/2004 8:10:04 AM PDT by shoedog
Interesting Results, while Bush won nationlly 52-47, and comments were made that Ohio and Florida were close, it stated Pennsylvania went with Bush at 57%. Generally kids follow thier Parents leads. Now I know that doesn't include all seniors, singles etc.. But that is a pretty wide percentage and possibly telling.
One problem with that...kids going to inner-city schools in Philly can't read, because Bush didn't properly fund "No Child Left Behind". {/sarcasm}
The kids got a red, white and blue sticker (a big deal when you are 7) for voting. Bush won my second grader's classroom by a landslide (I think it was 19 to 4). I was wondering if the results would be known of the ElementaryVote...thanks for the post.
Please provide a link.
What were the 2000 results? Anyone find this yet?!
It would be interesting to hear how many pro Kerry/anti-bush comments have been made in these classrooms where Bush won the vote in PA.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scholastic, the global children's publishing and media company, today announced the results of the 2004 Scholastic Election Poll, an educational activity that gives children too young to go to the polls themselves the opportunity to participate in the political process. More than half a million students in first through eighth grades from across the country participated in the poll, choosing George W. Bush as the next President of the United States.
Since 1940, Scholastic Classroom Magazines have given students the opportunity to cast their vote for president in the Scholastic Election Poll (online voting was added in 2000). In every election, but two, the outcome of the Scholastic Election Poll mirrored the outcome of the general election.
The exceptions were in 1948 when students chose Thomas E. Dewey over Harry S. Truman and in 1960 when more students voted for Richard M. Nixon than John F. Kennedy. In 2000, student voters chose George W. Bush, mirroring the Electoral College result but not the result of the popular vote.
In the 2004 Scholastic Election Poll, George W. Bush received 52 percent of the votes and the Democratic contender, John F. Kerry, received 47 percent. Rounding out the vote, 1 percent of students voted for other candidates.
Results from key swing states are as follows:
* Florida and Ohio were a near tie between President Bush and Senator Kerry.
* President Bush received 57 percent of the student vote in Pennsylvania.
* Senator Kerry received 58 percent of the student vote in New Hampshire.
What was the exact percentages in 2000?
Did they use computers or paper?
I wouldn't make generalities about the kids from Philly. My husband--a college professor--used to teach kids from Philly in a summer program for disadvantaged kids. While they had terrible abilites to focus, they had actually been taught well. My husband was surprised when he asked them questions about history how much they knew. Probably as much as entering freshmen know. The black families I've met from Philadelphia tend to be conservative and religious.
Sounds like my kids !!! Priceless !!!
Best of all, most of these kids have cast their first Republican ballot! Once you start on that path, there's no going back!
Uhh...did you notice {/sarcasm}???
That means I was turning OFF my sarcasm.
My 1st grader voted for BUSH without my prodding - she is so smart! She also told me the kid that sits next to her said "John Kerry is a bad man." I told her just to say Bush was a good man.
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