[GraniteStateConservative]

The McCain blowout in Colorado is interesting.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

It was the highest percent of write-in votes in the history of the poll...Most of the write-in votes —11 percent of the 4 percent—were for Senator Hillary Clinton

This is the silliest of polls. But the Hillary actually could be significant.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Don’t the kids in this poll always vote for the Democrat, given he is always being pimped by the magazine and the teachers?

[PhiKapMom]

This is not like a previous election. Predominently black schools that never participated before did so this time according to a report locally.

How many union teachers threw out the McCain votes? It is different today then when most of us did this poll.

[snarkytart]

This is not good, because they’ve always been an indicator on who really wins. Then again, Obama does strike a cord with young people.

[frankiep]

And thanks to ACORN, these kids will also be able to vote for real on November 4th!

[Names Ash Housewares]

“kids voted by paper ballot or online”

Whoah, that “online” part is new from the last time isn’t it?

I smell a rat.

[Thickman]

This is outstanding news for McCain. The theory is that the kids reflect what the parents are saying. However, there is an innocent love affair going on with youngsters and Obama this year. In light of that it is amazing that McCain is leading in CO and a couple other states. He’s close enough in the other states except MI that the adults are probably leaning McCain.

[freeandfreezing]

Note that most homeschooled students don't get Scholastic News, and are unlikely to have participated in the "voting". In New Hampshire homeschooled students make up about 1.8% of the total students - more perhaps in the younger grades that usually participate in Scholastic News.

If the ratio of homeschooled to public and private school students is similar in other states then the Scholastic News "voting" results in states where the race is within 2% could easily move if you included the homeschooled kids. And guess which way many of them are likely to vote!

[Stayfree]

What does this tell you about liberalism controlling our school systems?

[Names Ash Housewares]

I think I found the rat....

Last time it was 500,000 students.

Now it is half that and through 12th grade???

So FOUR more grade levels? yet HALF the participants?

I bet those teenagers are going to sway it BIG TIME To Obama. rebelling against their parents views and such.

2004...

“conducted by Scholastic, the global children’s publishing and media company, more than half a million students in first through eighth grades from across the U.S. participated. They voted online and through mail-in paper ballots found in many of Scholastic’s classroom magazines.”

[TheMom]

In 1960, more students voted for Richard M. Nixon than for John F. Kennedy. In 2000, a majority of student voters chose George W. Bush, mirroring the Electoral College result, but not the result of the popular vote.

In 1960 Nixon also won the popular vote, but not the Electoral College votes.

My kids participated in these school votes, beginning in 1992, and the results from those votes mirrored the election winner. They are no longer in school, so I don't know the results from this year. The online voting is worrisome.

[Will88]

Not familiar with this poll, and assume it’s different from The “Weekly Reader” presidential vote. That one is usually very accurate. From their site:

“On Wednesday, October 29, Zogby and Weekly Reader will jointly announce the winner. That’s less than a week before the actual presidential election occurs.

How accurate have Weekly Reader voters been lately? Well, over the past three elections the kids have been perfect. In 1996 they picked Bill Clinton, and in 2000 and 2004 they voted for George W. Bush. Both men went on to win the White House in November.”

http://www.weeklyreader.com/wys/vote.asp

That’s the one to watch for: October 29th.

[lilycicero]

And???????